Sentences with phrase «virus therapy talimogene»
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Our team was instrumental in the development of talimogene laherparepvec, the first in human oncolytic virus therapy for patients with melanoma.
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Called talimogene laherparepvec (Imlygic ™), and made by Amgen, the immunotherapy is an oncolytic virus therapy.
In October 2015 — around the same time that the FDA was granting several approvals and indication extensions to checkpoint inhibitors — the agency approved the oncolytic virus (herpes simplex virus 1)-- derived therapy talimogene laherparepvec (T - VEC) for the treatment of melanoma lesions in the skin and lymph nodes.