NGM Bio Announces Presentations Featuring Updated Findings from the Ongoing Phase 1a Dose Escalation Trial of NGM120 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress and the Ongoing Phase 1b Trial of NGM120 in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Special Conference: Pancreatic Cancer

• Poster presentation at upcoming ESMO Annual Congress to highlight analysis of subgroup of patients with prostate cancer in NGM120 Phase 1a trial
• Short-talk presentation at upcoming AACR Special Conference: Pancreatic Cancer to highlight analysis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer in NGM120 Phase 1b trial

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NGM Bio) (Nasdaq: NGM), a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing transformative therapeutics for patients, today announced that abstracts related to NGM120, an antagonist antibody product candidate that binds GFRAL and is designed to inhibit GDF15 signaling, have been accepted for presentation at the ESMO Annual Congress, which will take place September 9 – 13, 2022 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, and at the AACR Special Conference: Pancreatic Cancer, which will take place September 13 – 16, 2022 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston.

NGM120 is an antagonist antibody that binds glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor alpha-like (GFRAL) and inhibits growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) signaling. NGM scientists have made several important discoveries related to GDF15, including identification of its cognate receptor, GFRAL. GFRAL is expressed in a specific region of the hindbrain, partially outside the blood brain barrier, and is believed to initiate signaling through multiple pathways, including the autonomic nervous system. Evidence has shown that serum levels of GDF15 are elevated in patients with several tumor types, including non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, pancreatic, prostate, colorectal, gastric, esophageal and ovarian cancer, and are associated with a worse prognosis in multiple cancers. For more details on NGM Bio’s oncology portfolio visit NGM Bio’s website at .

Poster Presentation at ESMO Annual Congress

Short-Talk Presentation at AACR Special Conference: Pancreatic Cancer

About NGM Bio

NGM Bio is focused on discovering and developing novel, life-changing medicines for people whose health and lives have been disrupted by disease. The company’s biology-centric drug discovery approach aims to seamlessly integrate interrogation of complex disease-associated biology and protein engineering expertise to unlock proprietary insights that are leveraged to generate promising product candidates and enable their rapid advancement into proof-of-concept studies. As explorers on the frontier of life-changing science, NGM Bio aspires to operate one of the most productive research and development engines in the biopharmaceutical industry. All therapeutic candidates in the NGM Bio pipeline have been generated by its in-house discovery engine, with a disease-agnostic mindset, always led by biology and motivated by unmet patient need. Today, the company has seven programs in clinical development, including four in Phase 2 or 2b studies, across three therapeutic areas: cancer, retinal diseases and liver and metabolic diseases. Visit us at  for more information.

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