Cel-Sci In Meltdown As Investors Unconvinced By CEO’s Spin On Drug Failure

Refutes Accusations Of Data Manipulation

Cel-Sci continues to tout the potential of its immunotherapy, but the company is running out of time and investor patience.

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Cel-Sci has been around for nearly 40 years without launching a product, but looks to be running out of options. • Source: Alamy

Last-ditch attempts by CEL-SCI to persuade investors that its cancer drug candidate Multikine has a future have fallen flat and the company may be facing bankruptcy and the end of its chequered history.

Cel-Sci has been around since 1983 without ever having brought a product to market, but has sustained itself on hopes...

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