RE: Beech BELLEVILLE, ON, July 23, 2012 /CNW/ - Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC) (ASX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the first of two canine oncology products has received approval by regulators in both the U.S. and Canada. Market launch activities are currently underway with an expectation to have product available in September, 2012 in Canada, followed by a U.S. launch before the end of the calendar year.
The product - ImmunocidinTM - is based on the Company's proprietary mycobacterial cell wall technology, the same platform from which its Phase III product for human bladder cancer (UrocidinTM) was derived. ImmunocidinTM is indicated as an immunotherapy for the intratumoral treatment of mixed mammary tumor and mammary adenocarcinoma in dogs.