What Is Ixovex-1
The inability of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to selectively target cancer cells leads to a very high toxicity. Also, the development of chemo-resistance leaves surgery as the last chance, if possible. Further, conventional therapies are unable to create long-lasting immunity to prevent metastasis and the relapse of cancer
What Is Ixovex-1
Cancer immuno-therapy is a promising new strategy to fight cancer involving the activation and arming of the immune system against tumors. There are many different approaches among which, oncolytic virus therapy is one of the most encouraging.
Ixogen has developed an advanced therapeutic cancer vaccine which can infect cells and specifically kill cancerous tissue. Ixogen’s proprietary name for this oncolytic adenovirus is Ixovex-1, which is a genetically modified tumour selective Adenovirus 5 (AdV5) with an ability to replicate and kill cancer cells.
This novel therapy provides improved efficacy in the specific targeting of cancer cells with increased safety over traditional products. Due to the lack of cross-resistance with other cancer therapeutics, this technology can be used in combination with existing treatment regime to enhance their activity and mitigate against treatment resistance and disease recurrence.