** Shares of the drug developer VBLT.O rise 20.7% to $3.08
premarket
** Co says Data Safety Monitoring Committee greenlights
advancing co's ongoing late-stage registration enabling study of
VB-111, an anti-cancer gene-therapy agent, in recurrent ovarian
cancer urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX5VyGsV
** Says committee found no safety issues with the trial and
recommended its continuation as planned
** Trial enrolling on track in the United States, Europe and
Israel
** Up to last close, VBLT stock up ~35% YTD
(Reporting by Vishwadha Chander in Bengaluru)
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