Helix BioPharma Corp. announced that it expects to receive CAD 2.998 million in funding

Helix BioPharma Corp. is a Canada-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in developing therapies in the field of immuno-oncology, based on its proprietary technological platform DOS47. DOS47 is an oncology platform technology that offers a debilitation and destruction of cancer cells. DOS47 is designed to stimulate an increase in the Potential of Hydrogen (pH) of the microenvironment surrounding the cancerous cells, effectively reversing the acidic extra cellular conditions that are believed to act to defend the tumor. L-DOS47 is an antibody protein conjugate where the urease component enzymatically converts naturally occurring urea to ammonia. The L-DOS47 drug molecule includes a specialized camelid-derived single domain antibody and is under clinical study for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic cancer. V-DOS47 targets the vascular endothelial growth factor two receptor (VEGFR2).