Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on developing personalized immune therapies for cancer. The company develops DCVax, a platform technology that uses activated dendritic cells to mobilize a patient's own immune system to attack cancer. Its lead product candidate is the DCVax-L, which has completed Phase III clinical trials to treat Glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer. The company also develops DCVax-Direct, that has completed Phase I clinical trials to treat inoperable solid tumors, as well as a range of types of cancers. Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.