Tikcro Technologies

Tikcro Technologies has holdings in BioCancell Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company operating in the area of cancer treatment. BioCancell's leading drug, BC-819, is a double stranded DNA plasmid construct that incorporates the gene for diphtheria toxin (DTA) under the regulation of the promoter sequence for H19 gene. Pursuant to U.S. FDA approved protocols, BioCancell concluded a phase I/IIa clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic cancer and is conducting a phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of superficial bladder carcinoma cancer and a Phase I/IIa clinical trial for the treatment of ovarian cancer.