Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the development of personalized immune therapies for cancer. The company develops DCVax, a platform technology which uses activated dendritic cells to mobilize a patient’s own immune system to attack cancer. It also engages in the development of its lead product candidate DCVax-L in Phase III trials for glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer. In addition, the company develops DCVax-Direct in Phase I trials to treat inoperable solid tumors. Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.