BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing DCVax personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announces that Dr. Linda Liau, MD, PhD, MBA has joined the Company's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
Dr. Liau served as the Principal Investigator of the Phase 3 trial of DCVax-L for treatment of glioblastoma. She is Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at UCLA, Professor and Director of the UCLA Brain Tumor Program. Dr. Liau is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. She is the Director of the UCLA Brain Cancer SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence). She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
The longstanding members of the Company's Scientific Advisory Board include Dr. Samir Khleif, Dr. Jerome Galon and Dr. John Smyth, and also included Dr. Mac Cheever for many years until his passing.
Linda Powers, NWBio CEO, commented: "We are delighted to have Dr. Liau join our existing distinguished SAB. Her experience as a leader in the neuro-oncology field, her decades of research and knowledge of both brain cancer biology and immunotherapies, and her extensive experience with DCVax-L as the Principal Investigator of the Phase 3 trial, will be invaluable as we work together on DCVax-L approval and on future clinical programs building on that."
About Northwest Biotherapeutics
Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing personalized immunotherapy products designed to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both North America and Europe. The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax dendritic cell-based vaccines. The Company's lead program is a 331-patient Phase III trial of DCVax-L for newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, and is an "orphan disease." This Phase III trial has been completed, and the results have been presented in scientific meetings and published in JAMA Oncology. The Company has also developed DCVax-Direct for inoperable solid tumor cancers. It has completed a 40-patient Phase I trial and, as resources permit, plans to pursue Phase II trials. The Company previously conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax-L for advanced ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania.