OBI Pharma To Forge Ahead With Cancer Vaccine In Face Of Study Failure

Taiwanese biotech OBI Pharma plans to plough on with a Phase III study of its investigational cancer vaccine OBI-822/821, despite it failing to meet the primary endpoint in a Phase II/III study. The firm's share price fell by from TWD681 to close at TWD613 on Feb. 22 and slipped a further 9.95% to close at TWD522 on Feb. 23 on Taiwan's GreTai Securities Market following the news.

Taiwanese biotech OBI Pharma plans to plough on with a Phase III study of its investigational cancer vaccine OBI-822/821, despite it failing to meet the primary endpoint in a Phase II/III study. The firm's share price fell by from TWD681 to close at TWD613 on Feb. 22 and slipped a further 9.95% to close at TWD522 on Feb. 23 on Taiwan's GreTai Securities Market following the news.

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