Greenwich LifeSciences Takes Fight Against Breast Cancer Recurrence Global with Trial Expansion into Portugal
Benzinga Newsdesk 1 year ago
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Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLSI) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent
Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLSI) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences, today announced the expansion of FLAMINGO-01 clinical trial to Portugal.
The Company's application to European regulators has been formally approved, adding Portugal as an approved country in FLAMINGO-01 in addition to Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Ireland, and the US.
According to the latest data collected by the European Cancer Information System (click here), a total of 9,065 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in Portugal in 2022, which is the most common cancer diagnosed in women, representing approximately 30% of all cancers in women. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in women in Portugal with 2,211 deaths in 2022.