PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADXS ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies, announced the Company has received preliminary approval for a $1.8 million tax credit from the New Jersey Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer (NOL) Program for the year 2015. The Company anticipates it will be able to transfer this credit and receive approximately $1.6 million in cash in December.
This competitive program – administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) – enables companies to sell New Jersey net operating losses and R&D tax credits for at least 80 percent of the value of the tax benefits, up to a maximum lifetime benefit of $15 million per business. This allows technology and biotechnology companies with NOLs to turn their tax losses and credits into cash proceeds to fund more R&D, buy equipment and/or facilities, or cover other allowable expenditures.
“We are very pleased the New Jersey EDA has preliminarily approved our NOL application, as it offers the opportunity to bring approximately $1.6 million of non-dilutive funding to Advaxis,” said Daniel J. O'Connor, CEO of Advaxis. “The State of New Jersey continues to demonstrate its commitment to fostering innovation in the New Jersey biotechnology industry, and proceeds from the NOL Program will enable further development of our Lm Technology™ platform.”
Over the past three years, Advaxis has received approximately $4 million of non-dilutive funding from New Jersey through the NOL program.
About Advaxis, Inc. Located in Princeton, N.J., Advaxis, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing multiple cancer immunotherapies based on its proprietary Lm Technology™. The Lm Technology™, using bioengineered live attenuated Listeria monocytogenes ( Lm ) bacteria, is the only known cancer immunotherapy agent shown in preclinical studies to both generate cancer fighting T-cells directed against a cancer antigen and neutralize Tregs and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) that protect the tumor microenvironment from immunologic attack and contribute to tumor growth. Advaxis's lead Lm Technology™ immunotherapy, axalimogene filolisbac, targets human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers and is in clinical trials for three potential indications: Phase 2 in invasive cervical cancer, Phase 1/2 in head and neck cancer, and Phase 1/2 in anal cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted axalimogene filolisbac orphan drug designation for each of these three clinical settings.
Clinical trials of axalimogene filolisbac, ADXS-PSA and ADXS-HER2 have been placed on clinical hold by the FDA. Advaxis is working closely with the FDA and expects this clinical hold will be resolved expeditiously and without significant interruption to the Company’s clinical development programs.
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Forward-Looking Statements This media statement contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: statements regarding Advaxis’s ability to develop the next generation of cancer immunotherapies; and the safety and efficacy of Advaxis’s proprietary immunotherapies. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, including the risk factors set forth from time to time in Advaxis’s SEC filings, including but not limited to its report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014, which is available at http://www.sec.gov . Advaxis undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect the events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
CONTACTS: Company: Advaxis, Inc. Greg Mayes, Executive Vice President and COO mayes@advaxis.com 609.452.9813 ext. 102 Media Contact: JPA Health Communications Carolyn Sobczyk carolyn@jpa.com 402.718.3974
