Last week, several companies within our coverage universe released financial results and corporate updates, including CEL-SCI Corporation (CVM-NYSE Amex), Pro-Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PRWP-OTC), and Advaxis Inc. (ADXS-OTC). In addition, Neuralstem, Inc. (CUR?-NYSE Amex)? announced a breakthrough in its clinical trials that it believes could greatly influence the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease—a potentially fatal neuromuscular disorder.

CEL-SCI Corporation (CVM-NYSE Amex) is advancing its Phase III clinical trial of Multikine^®, CEL-SCI’s lead immunotherapy product. Multikine^® is being developed as a first-line standard-of-care treatment for head and neck cancer. In previous Phase II trials, this therapy was safe and well-tolerated, and had increased patient survival by 33% at a median of 3.5 years after treatment. Multikine^® was also credited with eliminating head and neck cancer tumors in 12% of patients less than a month into treatment. On average, CEL-SCI’s new cancer therapy kills about 50% of tumor cells before patients have surgery or begin chemotherapy, which improves the likelihood of success of these standard treatments.