On June 18, 2010 Oxford BioMedica (LSE:OXB), a leading gene therapy company, announced today that it has signed an amendment to its licence agreement with Cancer Research Technology (CRT) covering the use and exploitation of the 5T4 antigen used in TroVax, Oxford BioMedica’s therapeutic cancer vaccine, the antibody being developed by Pfizer, and other potential applications (Press release, Cancer Research Technology, JUN 18, 2010, View Source [SID1234523526]).

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Under the amended agreement, royalty payments that had been due to CRT relating to amounts received under the sanofi-aventis TroVax agreement (signed March 2007 and terminated April 2009) will now be settled.

To find out more, read the Oxford BioMedica press release.