DIA 2019 Global Annual Meeting

Neoantigen-based cancer therapy is an approach based on the specific genetic information unique to individual tumor(s) of an individual patient. Such information can be utilized in many ways for cancer treatment, e.g., to generate antigens for vaccination or specific T-cells. Results from earlier clinical trials have shown that this approach is feasible, able to elicit the intended immune response, and in some cases generating anti-tumor activities that may mediate the tumor regression. However, this approach has many scientific and regulatory challenges, for example, optimal ways / algorithms in identifying and selecting neoantigens, and regulatory framework for regulating such products given that drug product and indications are not explicitly defined. This session is intended to address these challenges and discuss the opportunities for the neoantigen-based cancer therapies.