Business Model
YM BioSciences is a life sciences product development company that identifies and advances a diverse portfolio of promising cancer-related products at various stages of development.
 
Nimotuzumab
An anti-cancer antibody that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor, with an improved side-effect profile compared to marketed EGFR-targeting products.
AeroLEF®
A proprietary, inhaled-delivery composition of free and liposome-encapsulated fentanyl.
 
   
   
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January 26, 2010
10:30 AM (PST)
8th Annual BioPartnering North America (BPN)

Coquitlam Room (Stream 2)
Westin Bayshore Hotel
Vancouver, BC
Presenter: Sean Thompson

November 19, 2009
4:00 PM (EST)
YM BioSciences Annual General Meeting
of Shareholders
TSX Broadcast Centre Gallery
The Exchange Tower
130 King Street W., Toronto, Ontario
listen to archived webcast

October 6, 2009
8:00 AM (EST)
YM BioSciences Offer for Cytopia - Webcast
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presentations
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Corporate Presentation
Calendar Fourth Quarter 2009

Nimotuzumab Proposed Mechanism of Action

The AeroLEF Concept

2009 Annual Report

Letter from the CEO: Update for Investors in YM BioSciences Inc.

U.S. Senate Report on Changing Cuba Policy


 

Combination treatment with metronomic cyclophosphamide and the EGFR monoclonal antibody nimotuzumab is efficacious and non-toxic in a preclinical model of advanced triple negative breast cancer. Lead author: Anthony J. Mutsaers, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (2009 AACR Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics)

ASCO 2009 poster presentation reporting results from a randomized trial of nimotuzumab (aka BIOMab/TheraCIM/h-R3) in patients with head & neck cancer. Conducted by Biocon Limited (Bangalore, India), a licensee of CIMAB SA, YM's licensor.


Binding properties of the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody, nimotuzumab, limit interaction with the EGFR in renal and epidermal cells (2009 AACR Annual Meeting)