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.

SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 18, 2022, ImmVira launched the construction of its Global R&D and Commercialization Base in Suzhou Wuzhong Biomedical Industrial Park (Lifebay), China. The day before, ImmVira's "Shanghai Business and Clinical Center" officially opened on the Shanghai North Bund as well.

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 1, 2022, U.S. time, ImmVira's brand new oncolytic herpes simplex virus ("oHSV") product MVR-C5252 targeting Malignant Glioma has obtained Orphan Drug Designation ("ODD") from U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA").