New EU-Funded Consortium Aims To Develop Targeted Cancer Vaccines

A clinical trial is expected to start in the U.S. and Europe in 2014 of an individualized approach to developing a cancer vaccine for glioblastoma patients.

The EU is to fund a 14-member group of biotech companies and clinical centers in Europe and the U.S. in an effort to develop a more sophisticated, personalized, approach to the development of cancer vaccines.

The 28-nation bloc is providing €6 million ($7.7 million) through the EU's Framework-7 grant program for the Glioma Actively Personalized...

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