OXFORD: Biotech firm Oxford Biomedica, based at the Oxford Science Park, has reported encouraging new data from a trial of its anti-cancer drug Trovax.

The product, which has already been successfully tested on kidney and bowel cancer, has produced positive results in its first Phase II trial with 27 prostate cancer patients.

Dr Mike McDonald, Oxford BioMedica's chief medical officer, said: "With our partner, Sanofi-aventis,we believe that TroVax could play an important role in the treatment ofprostate cancer, addressing a significant unmet need for patients."