It has been 11 years in the making.
Cleveland Clinic Innovations has created a spin-off company to develop a preventive breast cancer vaccine based on research from Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute.
The new company, Shield Biotech, will complete preclinical development and seek permission from the FDA to test the vaccine as an investigational new drug in proof-of-concept, first-in-human clinical trials.
The trials are expected to start within two years and will take about three years to complete.
“The mission of Shield Biotech will be to translate the scientific research on a breast cancer vaccine, led by Vincent Tuohy, Ph.D., at Cleveland Clinic, into a viable preventive alternative for the patients who may benefit,” said Thomas Graham, MD, Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Innovation Officer.
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