** Shares of drug developer BriaCell Therapeutics Corp
BCTX.O jump ~19% to $7.18 premarket
** Co is expanding its breast cancer platform technology
into other indications including prostate, melanoma, and
non-small cell lung cancer (https://refini.tv/3gzGAzu)
** BCTX will pursue development of several novel
immunotherapy cell lines like Bria-Pros for prostate cancer,
Bria-Mel for melanoma, and Bria-Lung for lung cancer
** Expects commencing clinical trials for these therapies in
2022
** Co's lead candidate Bria-IMT has shown survival benefit
and disease control in patients with advanced breast cancer in
studies urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2NK3I9
(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru)
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