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TumoVance: Venture Against Pancreatic Cancer

A Smarter Path Against Pancreatic Cancer

Harnessing Bacterial Vectors to Deliver Next-Generation Immunotherapy

Pancreas cancer remains one of the most lethal and treatment-resistant cancers, defying chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and even the latest immunotherapies.
For years, progress was limited — until a breakthrough mRNA vaccine trial in 2024 demonstrated, for the first time, prolonged relapse-free survival through use of selected tumoral antigens triggering effective immune activation.

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Our Solution

Engineered Bacteria as Living Immune Vehicles
We aim to replicate and surpass mRNA vaccine efficacy using genetically engineered, tumor-targeting bacteria. This attenuated bacterial strain is used as therapeutic vaccine designed to:
• Selectively colonize the tumor microenvironment
• Deliver tumor-specific neoantigens for potent, localized T-cell activation
• Co-deliver immunostimulants directly within the tumor
• Disrupt cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) to break down fibrotic barriers

Why It Matters

Our innovative approach merges two validated technologies: personalized cancer vaccines and tumor-targeting bacterial vectors. The result is a modular, scalable, and cost-effective platform designed to overcome resistance in aggressive solid tumors like pancreatic cancer.

Key advantages of our platform:

  • Simplified, scalable manufacturing
  • Enhanced, tumor-specific immune activation
  • Flexible architecture for patient-specific vaccine design
  • More robust, more affordable, and more adaptable to each patient’s tumor profile

We’re now advancing this concept to the next level.