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Unfortunately, 'big drug' and 'big government' will insure that
something like this will not be available for the mases for many years
to come!  that also means that most on this discussion board have very
little chance of seeing the dat when you get one injection and the
cancer is cured!

If I thnik of it that would put millions of very influential people out
of business!!!  each one probably not wanting this on the market!!

khan

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Vaccine company on verge of breakthrough print this article

ANDREA MACDONALD
The Daily News

Brian Lowe is asking shareholders to have a little patience.

He believes his company is on the verge of a major breakthrough: a
vaccine that eradicates cancerous tumours in mice that could eventually
be used in humans.

But it's early days yet in a race fraught with hurdles.

Lowe is chief operating officer of ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc., a
Halifax company whose single-dose VacciMax provides _long-term
protection with no significant side effects and requires no booster shot._

Incorporated in March 2000, IVT started off in animal infectious
diseases. In 2004, it branched out to human health. Today, the company
focuses largely on therapeutic vaccines for cancers such as cervical and
melanoma, not to mention flu and whooping cough.

Results have been extremely promising in clinical trials involving mice
genetically cloned to replicate humans.

Scientists initially injected the mice with cancer cells, which formed
huge tumours and made them very ill. _Within 14 days of receiving the
vaccine, each one became tumour-free and perfectly healthy. The mice
were re-injected and no new tumours formed. The trials were repeated
three times with the same results._

In October 2006, IVT held a cancer workshop in Halifax to show off its
findings.

"The experts who attended said it was just striking data, and the sooner
we can move into humans, the better," Lowe said yesterday at Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency's Atlantic Art of Success conference. IVT
was one of 20 successful entrepreneurs recognized by ACOA as part of its
20th anniversary celebrations.

Several years ago, IVT received $3.8 million through ACOA's Atlantic
Innovation Fund. It was the largest such award for any privately held
company in Nova Scotia and gave the company credibility and the chance
to leverage other private-equity capital.

Wealthy individuals have kicked in about $10 million to help finance the
first phase of the human clinical trials. IVT hopes to start injecting
people in the last quarter of 2008.

The company has no intention of taking its vaccine all the way to
market, which would cost hundreds of millions. Instead, it plans to
license the technology to a large pharmaceutical company.

"Some of these companies came to us when they only had an embryonic idea
on a piece of paper," ACOA spokesman Richard Gauthier said of the 20
companies recognized this week.

"And we and other partners had a role to help them along, build their
business case and in many instances, they're one of the leading
companies in their sector in Atlantic Canada."

amacdonald@hfxnews.ca
13/10/07

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Anders Chydenius from Miami, FL writes: It is wonderful to see the
Canadian economy expand beyond energy and mining. Canada has the
potential to become one of the world's great knowledge centers.

I wish this company all the best!
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Chris from Alberta writes: ^^^ Potential? We already are!
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Brandon from FL writes: And people kept saying You can't cure cancer,
it's a mutation. Keep up the good work, and make sure to cure diabetes
and heart disease before I get too much older. =)
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Rich Monk from Los Angeles, California writes: Great news. A company
focused on the greater good, groundbreaking research, and a possible
defense against cancer. Keep it up, Canadians, show us how it is done. :)
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Jon from Arkansas writes: I think it is interesting to note that they
have no intention of bringing the drug to market. I guess they will
depend on one of those evil American drug companies to spend the
hundreds of millions of dollars necessary to get that done. Then they
can be castigated for not giving away the drug for free. Sounds like a plan.
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CM from Ontario writes: Jon from Arkansas

Under both FDA and Health Canada regulations even if it was found to be
a flawless silver bullet with no side effects and produced for $1 a dose
it would still take 5 years of 'testing' before it would be allowed on
the market. There is very little incentive to develop a marketing or
distribution plan half a decade ahead of release.
as an aside
I worked for one of the largest international pharmaceuticals and they
get their title of 'evil' deservedly. They are no longer inventing new
'bullets' but are focused only on dependence drugs, ie ones you have to
take daily for the rest of your life. they also spend the vast majority
of their intake on 'marketing'
read that as both the ads we are bombarded with and paying off doctors
and the government
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JC from Wisconsin writes: Unfortunately CM is right. If they sell the
silver bullet to a major drug company, they will either just sit on it
or sell the drug for BIG bucks... it won't be affordable for a
loooooooong time. It probably won't see the light of day. Why would the
drug companies sell the 'cure for cancer' when a good portion of their
sales comes from treatments for cancer?..l that's right, they wouldn't.
They're out for their investors.. not for the greater good.
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Bryan from California writes: That's why we need to take control and
push the legislative bodies of government to put those companies out of
business.

If anyone sits on a cure-all to a disease, it should be considered a
criminal offense.

On the other hand, it's kind of nice knowing the population of hell
certainly isn't in jeapordy of decreasing anytime soon. Those losers
think they're rich now, but just wait until it's their judgment day.
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Elucidatus from Qubec writes: This will be just another Gardasil and
countless more adults and children will suffer because of its side
effects. Ask yourself tonight while you inject another squirrel if this
is what you would inject in yourself. I just hope it works.
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