TAP Partner News During ASH: December 5-8 2020
TAP Partner News During ASH: December 5-8 2020
ASH News and Information from Current and Former TAP Partners
Affimed Announces Updated AFM13 Clinical Data Presentation at ASH
Heidelberg, Germany, December 7, 2020 – Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company committed to giving patients back their innate ability to fight cancer, today announced the presentation of a clinical data set on AFM13 at the 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition. Dr. Ahmed Sawas, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and principal investigator presented the updated results of a phase 1b/2a study in patients with CD30-expressing lymphoma with cutaneous involvement. AFM13 is a bispecific tetravalent Innate Cell Engager (ICE®) targeting CD30 on tumor cells and CD16A on NK cells and macrophages.
BioTheryX Presented Trial in Progress at ASH: A Phase I Trial of BTX-A51 in Patients with AML or High-Risk MDS
Chappaqua, N.Y., December 7, 2020 - BioTheryX, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company creating new classes of compounds based on multi-kinase inhibition and targeted protein degradation, announced the initiation of patient dosing in its first clinical program back in January 2020. The Phase 1 study of BTX-A51, a small molecule, oral multi-kinase inhibitor will evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics and tolerability of BTX-A51 in patients with relapsed/refractory AML, as well as high risk myelodysplastic syndrome patients. BTX-A51 appears to block a specific leukemic stem cell target (CK1-alpha) as well as super enhancer targets (CDK7/CDK9) preventing transcription of key oncogenic genes.
Kymera Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data on IRAKIMiD and STAT3 Programs at ASH
WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 07, 2020 - Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYMR), a biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deliver novel, small molecule protein degrader therapeutics, today announced the company presented preclinical data that further support development of its highly selective and potent IRAKIMiD and STAT3 protein degraders scheduled to enter the clinic in 2021. Data were presented at the virtual 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Dec. 5-8, 2020 in three separate poster presentations.
Preliminary Results from NexImmune’s Phase 1/2 Trial of NEXI-001 in AML Presented at ASH
GAITHERSBURG, MD - December 7, 2020 – NexImmune, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel approach to immunotherapy designed to employ the body’s own T cells to generate a specific, potent and durable immune response that mimics natural biology, today announced that City of Hope’s Monzr Al Malki, M.D., delivered an oral presentation at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition featuring initial data from the Phase 1/2 trial of NEXI-001 in AML. Entitled “Preliminary Results of the First-in-Human Study of NEXI-001, a Multi-Antigen Specific CD8+ T Cell Product, in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients with Relapsed Disease after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (Allo-HSCT) Demonstrate Early Signs of Safety, Tolerability and Robust Immune Responses,” the presentation included responses following a single infusion of the experimental therapy.
Sutro Biopharma Presents Data for STRO-001 for the Treatment of NHL and AML at ASH
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 7, 2020 – Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRO), a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing company focused on the application of precise protein engineering and rational design to create next-generation cancer and autoimmune therapeutics, today announced a poster presentation at the virtual 62ndAmerican Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting for the ongoing Phase 1 dose-escalation clinical trial for its CD74-targeted antibody drug conjugate (ADC) STRO-001 for patients with late-line Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL).
Constellation Pharmaceuticals Provides Update of MANIFEST Study for CPI-0610 at ASH Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 06, 2020 - Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNST) today announced that two oral presentations and three posters relating to the Phase 2 MANIFEST and the Phase 3 MANIFEST-2 clinical trials of CPI-0610 in myelofibrosis (MF) were presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Magrolimab Demonstrates Clinical Responses in Ongoing Phase 1b Trial of Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients
December 06, 2020 - FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced updated results from the magrolimab Phase 1b trial. Magrolimab is an investigational, potential first-in-class, anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody being studied in previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy, including patients with TP53-mutant AML.
Kiadis announces new data at the 2020 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 6, 2020 – Kiadis Pharma N.V. (“Kiadis” or the “Company”) (Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels: KDS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative NK-cell-based medicines for the treatment of life-threatening diseases, announces that new data related to its K-NK cell therapy platform will be presented at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition being held virtually from December 5-8, 2020.
New Four-Year Data Show Long-Term Survival in Patients With Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated With Yescarta® in ZUMA-1 Trial
December 05, 2020 - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), today announced four-year follow-up data from the pivotal ZUMA-1 trial of Yescarta® (axicabtagene ciloleucel) in adult patients with refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). Among Yescarta-treated patients (modified intent to-treat analysis, n=101) with a minimum follow-up of four years after a single infusion of Yescarta (median follow-up of 51.1 months), the Kaplan-Meier estimate of the four-year overall survival (OS) rate was 44 percent. The data were presented today at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition (Abstract #1187).
Kura Oncology Presents First Clinical Data for Menin Inhibitor KO-539 at ASH
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 05, 2020 - Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced preliminary clinical data from KOMET-001, an ongoing Phase 1/2A clinical trial of the Company’s oral, potent and selective menin inhibitor, KO-539, including single-agent activity in genetically defined subgroups of patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Duvelisib in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma from the Phase 2 Primo Trial: ASH Update
BOSTON, MA, December 5, 2020 - Verastem, Inc. (Nasdaq:VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company today presented the expansion phase initial results for COPIKTRA® (duvelisib) in patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-Cell lymphoma (PTCL) from the Phase 2 PRIMO trial at the American Society of Hematology 2020 Annual Meeting via an oral presentation. Secura Bio recently acquired the rights to duvelisib and aims to continue development in PTCL.