AVAX Snapshot
AVAX Technologies wants to turn cancer cells into cancer fighters. The company is developing vaccines created by extracting a patient's own cancer cells and chemically treating them to induce an immune system response. The technology used to create the vaccines (called AC Vaccine) is licensed from Thomas Jefferson University. AVAX's lead vaccine candidate MVax is intended as a treatment for late-stage melanoma. The company is also developing vaccine candidates to fight ailments such as ovarian cancer (OVax) and non-small cell lung cancer (LungVax).
