STRASBOURG, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
Transgene (Paris:TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies against cancers and infectious diseases, announces that new clinical data on the oncolytic virus Pexa-Vec will be presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place from 1 to 5 June in Chicago.
These results were obtained from a clinical (“neoadjuvant”) study that evaluated the biological effects of pre-operative intravenous (IV) administration of Pexa-Vec in patients with locally advanced or metastatic cancers, prior to planned surgical resection. University of Leeds (United Kingdom) is the sponsor of this trial that was supported by Transgene.
Poster title: Single intravenous preoperative administration of the oncolytic virus Pexa-Vec to prime anti-tumor immunity
- Session Title: Developmental therapeutics - Immunotherapy
- Poster and abstract number: 3092
- Date, time, location: June 4, 8:00 AM-11:30 AM, Hall A
- Presenter: Dr. Alan Anthoney, University of Leeds
The abstract is now available on the ASCO website (http://abstracts.asco.org/).
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Notes to editors
About Pexa-Vec
Pexa-Vec (JX594) is an oncolytic
immunotherapeutic based on an oncolytic vaccinia virus armed with a
GM-CSF gene that promotes an anti-tumor immune response. Pexa-Vec is
designed to selectively target and destroy cancer cells through three
different mechanisms of action: selectively destroy cancer cells through
the direct lysis (breakdown) of cancer cells through viral replication,
reduce the blood supply to tumors through vascular disruption, and
stimulate the body’s immune response against cancer cells.
Pexa-Vec
is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 trial in hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC, liver cancer) in combination with sorafenib (current
standard of care). Other trials evaluating the oncolytic virus in solid
tumors are underway and expected to readout in 2018, including a Phase 2
trial in combination with nivolumab (HCC).
Transgene has exclusive
rights to develop and commercialize Pexa-Vec for the treatment of solid
tumors in Europe. Its partner SillaJen, Inc. is focused on developing
Pexa-Vec for the North American market and has also granted exclusive
development and commercial rights to Pexa-Vec in Hong Kong and The
People’s Republic of China to Lee’s Pharmaceutical.
About Transgene
Transgene (Euronext: TNG), part of
Institut Mérieux, is a publicly traded French biotechnology company
focused on designing and developing targeted immunotherapies for the
treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Transgene’s programs
utilize viral vector technology with the goal of indirectly or directly
killing infected or cancerous cells. The Company’s lead clinical-stage
programs are: TG4010, a therapeutic vaccine against non-small cell lung
cancer, Pexa-Vec, an oncolytic virus against liver cancer, and TG4001, a
therapeutic vaccine against HPV-positive head and neck cancers. The
Company has several other programs in clinical development, including
TG1050 (chronic hepatitis B) and TG6002 (solid tumors).
With its
proprietary Invir.IOTM, Transgene builds on its expertise in
viral vectors engineering to design a new generation of multifunctional
oncolytic viruses.
Transgene is based in Strasbourg, France, and
has additional operations in Lyon, as well as a joint venture in China.
Additional information about Transgene is available at www.transgene.fr.
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