SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmVira announced the latest clinical results for its lead oncolytic virus product, MVR-T3011, via intravesical administration in patients with high-risk BCG-failure non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The results were published through poster presentation at the 2024 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO 2024).

SHENZHEN, China, March 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmVira has recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for oncolytic virus product MVR-T3011 IT (intratumoral injection) for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell cancer with disease progression after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one prior line of anti-PD1/PDL1 therapy. Fast track designation is intended to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs targeting serious conditions with unmet medical needs.

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmVira announced to appoint Dr. Howard L. Kaufman as Consulting Medical Advisor. Dr. Kaufman's expertise in scientific research and clinical development, especially in the areas of oncolytic virus and immunotherapy, will greatly enhance ImmVira's research and development capabilities.  

SHENZHEN, China, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmVira announced that its oncolytic virus product MVR-C5252 targeting malignant glioma obtained the approval from National Medical Products Administration ("NMPA") for Phase I clinical trial in China on March 29, 2023. Previously, MVR-C5252 also obtained Orphan Drug Designation from U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August 2022.

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the recent publication of efficacy data on advanced melanoma, ImmVira's intratumoral injected OV product MVR-T3011 IT has also shown positive efficacy in the treatment of advanced head and neck cancer. As of January 2023, it achieved a confirmed Objective Response Rate ("ORR") of 25.0% in monotherapy treatment, which is significantly better than standard treatment (ORR: 5.8%/10.1%) and PD-1 immunotherapy (ORR: 13.3%/14.6%) for second-line and above patients.

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmVira's first intratumoral injected OV product MVR-T3011 IT has shown positive efficacy in the course of clinical studies in the U.S. and China as of January 2023, with which the monotherapy treatment significantly prolonged PFS to a median of 12.9 months among melanoma patients who had failed previous immune-oncology treatment. Currently, late-stage melanoma faces poor prognosis. Clinical studies have found that median PFS of only 1.7 months for stage IV patients, second-line mono immunotherapy achieved median PFS of 2.8 and 3.6 months, combination therapy of PD-1 Ab and VEGF inhibitor achieved median PFS of 4.2 months.