BERGENBIO ANNOUNCES POSTER PRESENTATION AT SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER (SITC) ANNUAL MEETING 2021
Bergen, Norway, 01 October 2021 – BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for severe unmet medical need, is pleased to announce that it will deliver an e-poster presentation at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 36th Annual Meeting, taking place online from 10-14 November 2021.
Abstract titles have been announced online at the SITC website. Details of the presentation are below.
Title: AXL targeting with bemcentinb restores PD-1 blockade sensitivity of STK11/LKB1 mutant NSCLC through innate immune cell mediated expansion of TCF1+ CD8 T cells
Author: Rolf A. Brekken et al.
Abstract ID: 602
Full abstracts will be available on the SITC website beginning November 9th at 8:00 AM ET.
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Contacts
Martin Olin,
Chief Executive Officer, BerGenBio ASA
ir@bergenbio.com
Rune Skeie,
Chief Financial Officer, BerGenBio ASA
rune.skeie@bergenbio.com
International Media Relations
Mary-Jane Elliott, Chris Welsh, Lucy Featherstone
Consilium Strategic Communications
bergenbio@consilium-comms.com
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About BerGenBio ASA
BerGenBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative drugs targeting AXL as a potential cornerstone of therapy for aggressive diseases, including immune-evasive, therapy resistant cancers. The company's proprietary lead candidate, bemcentinib, is a potentially first-in-class selective AXL inhibitor in a broad phase II clinical development programme focused on combination and single agent therapy in cancer, leukaemia and COVID-19. A first-in-class functional blocking anti-AXL antibody, tilvestamab, is undergoing phase I clinical testing. In parallel, BerGenBio is developing a companion diagnostic test to identify patient populations most likely to benefit from AXL inhibition: this is expected to facilitate more efficient registration trials supporting a precision medicine-based commercialisation strategy.