IDM Pharma Announces Upcoming Clinical Data Presentations

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology
Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials;  Conferences;  Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry
Article Date: 27 Oct 2007 - 0:00 PDT

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IDM Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDMI), a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative cancer therapies, announced details on clinical data presentations evaluating three of the Company's pipeline compounds to be presented at upcoming medical congresses.

Specific presentation details are as follows:

Mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE):

Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) -- Seattle, Wash.

Oral presentation -- Thursday, November 1, 1:30 p.m. PDT

"Osteosarcoma: Improved Outcome of Muramyl Tripeptide (MTP) to Cisplatin, Doxorubicin, High Dose Methotrexate +/- Ifosfamide."

Dr. Paul Meyers, principal investigator, vice chairman, department of pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Abstract #780

The 39th Congress of International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) -- Mumbai, India

Poster presentation -- Friday, November 2, 4:30 -- 6 a.m. EDT

"Lung and Bone Specific Site-Directed Therapy of Osteosarcoma"

Dr. Johannes Wolff, professor of pediatrics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston

Dr. Maurizio Ghisoli, fellow, pediatric oncology and hematology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston

Poster #PD.037

IDM-2101:

International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTc) -- Boston, Mass.

Oral presentation (Vaccines/Dendritic Cells) -- Sunday, November 4, 8:45 - - 11 a.m. EST

"Phase 2 Trial of a 10-epitope CTL Vaccine, IDM-2101, in Metastatic NSCLC Patients: Induction of Immune Responses and Clinical Efficacy"

Dr. Minal Barve, practice director, Mary Crowley Medical Research Center

UVIDEM(R):

International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTc) -- Boston, Mass.

Poster presentation -- Friday, November 2, 10 a.m. -- 6 p.m. EDT

Saturday, November 3, 7 a.m. -- 6:30 p.m. EDT

"Clinical Efficacy and Immunogenicity of IDD-3/UVIDEM, a Dendritic Cell-based Vaccine, in Patients with Malignant Melanoma."

Poster #112

About IDM Pharma

IDM Pharma is focused on the development of innovative cancer products that either destroy cancer cells by activating the immune system or prevent tumor recurrence by triggering a specific adaptive immune response. IDM Pharma is dedicated to maximizing the full therapeutic and commercial potential of each of its innovative products to address the needs of patients and the physicians who treat these patients.

For more information about the company and its products, visit http://www.idm-pharma.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The presentations described in this press release will include forward- looking statements that reflect management's current views of future events regarding the development and characteristics of the Company's drug candidates L-MTP-PE, IDM-2101 and UVIDEM, including the Company's plans to collect, analyze and submit additional Phase 3 data in an amended NDA for L-MTP-PE and to respond to other matters raised by the FDA, the Company's confidence that the proposed NDA amendment will provide substantial evidence for the continued regulatory approval process, the review of the submissions for marketing approval of L-MTP-PE by the FDA and the EMEA, and the Company's goal of making L-MTP-PE available to patients as quickly as possible. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors, including, but not limited to, whether the Company or any of its collaborators will be able to develop pharmaceutical products using the technologies of the Company, whether clinical trial results to date are predictive of results of any future clinical trials, risks associated with completing clinical trials of product candidates, risks involved in the regulatory approval process for the Company's product candidates, the possibility that clinical testing may reveal undesirable and unintended side effects or other characteristics that may prevent or limit the commercial use of proposed products, and whether the cash resources of the Company will be sufficient to fund operations as planned, including any further clinical trials of any of the Company's product candidates. Additional risks with respect to L-MTP-PE in particular include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the Company may not be able to collect, analyze and submit additional data in an amendment to the NDA for L-MTP-PE by the first quarter of 2008, if at all, the possibility that such data will not support the benefit of L-MTP-PE in the treatment of non-metastatic osteosarcoma, will not allow a more robust analysis of L-MTP-PE, will not continue to support its overall survival benefit in osteosarcoma, and may not provide substantial evidence for the potential regulatory approval of L-MTP-PE, the timing of the FDA's and EMEA's review of the submissions for marketing approval of L-MTP-PE, the ability of the Company to respond to questions raised by the FDA and EMEA in a satisfactory manner, the time needed to respond to any issues raised by the FDA and EMEA with regard to regulatory submissions for L-MTP-PE, the possibility that regulatory authorities may not consider preclinical and early clinical development work conducted by Ciba-Geigy and efficacy data from the Phase 3 trial conducted by Children's Oncology Group as adequate for their assessment of L-MTP-PE, which may cause delays in review, may result in the regulatory authorities requiring the Company to conduct additional clinical trials, or may result in a determination by the regulatory authorities that the data does not support marketing approval, whether regulatory authorities will approve L-MTP-PE within the time frame expected by the Company or at all, and whether the Company will be able to manufacture and commercialize L-MTP-PE even if it is approved by regulatory authorities. These factors and others affecting the Company's business are more fully discussed in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 and other periodic reports filed with the SEC. The Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

IDM Pharma, Inc.
http://www.idm-pharma.com

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