SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FPRX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing innovative immuno-oncology protein therapeutics, today announced that it will present two posters during the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, being held June 1-5, 2018, in Chicago.
Abstract Number and Title: #TPS4135, “FIGHT: A Phase 3
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study Evaluating
(Bemarituzumab) FPA144 and Modified FOLFOX6 (mFOLFOX6) in Patients with
Previously Untreated Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Cancer with a
Dose Finding Phase 1 Lead-In”
Poster Session:
Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer
Session Date and Time:
Sunday, June 3, 2018; 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. CT
Location: Hall A,
Poster Board Number: #322a
Abstract Number and Title: #3020, “Pharmacodynamics (PD) and
Genomic Profiling of Pts Treated with cabiralizumab (cabira) + nivolumab
(NIVO) Provide Evidence of On-Target Tumor Immune Modulations and
Support Future Clinical Applications”
Poster Session:
Developmental Therapeutics - Immunotherapy
Session Date and Time:
Monday, June 4, 2018; 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. CT
Location: Hall A,
Poster Board Number: #234
Discussion Session Date and Time:
Monday, June 4, 2018; 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. CT
Discussion
Session Location: Hall B1
About Bemarituzumab (FPA144)
Bemarituzumab is an isoform-selective, humanized monoclonal antibody in clinical development as a targeted immuno-therapy for tumors that overexpress FGFR2b, a splice variant of a receptor for some members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. Clinical results to date suggest that the specificity of FPA144 avoids toxicities that have been seen with less selective FGFR2 small molecule therapeutics. FPA144 has also been engineered for enhanced antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) to increase direct tumor cell killing by recruiting natural killer (NK) cells.
About Cabiralizumab (FPA008)
Cabiralizumab is an investigational antibody that inhibits the CSF-1 receptor and has been shown in preclinical models to block the activation and survival of monocytes and macrophages. Inhibition of CSF1R in preclinical models of several cancers reduces the number of immunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in the tumor microenvironment, thereby facilitating an immune response against tumors. Cabiralizumab is currently in clinical trials in oncology indications and in pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS). Cabiralizumab is being developed under an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement entered into with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) in October 2015.
About Five Prime
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. discovers and develops innovative therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with serious diseases. Five Prime's comprehensive discovery platform, which encompasses virtually every medically relevant extracellular protein, positions it to explore pathways in cancer, inflammation and their intersection in immuno-oncology, an area with significant therapeutic potential and the focus of the company's R&D activities. Five Prime has entered into strategic collaborations with leading global pharmaceutical companies and has promising product candidates in clinical and late preclinical development. For more information, please visit www.fiveprime.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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