Replimune Announces Presentation at the 2019 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting
Abstract highlights initial data from Phase 1 part of Phase 1/2 clinical trial of RP1 alone and in combination with Opdivo® (nivolumab)
WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Replimune Group Inc. (NASDAQ: REPL), a biotechnology company developing oncolytic immuno-gene therapies derived from its Immulytic™ platform, announced that data with the Company’s lead product candidate, RP1, will be presented at the upcoming Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. from November 6-10, 2019. The poster which will be presented on November 8, 2019 highlights results from the Phase 1 portion of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of RP1 as a single agent and in combination with Opdivo® (nivolumab) in patients with solid tumors.
Details of Replimune’s poster presentation:
Abstract Title: Initial results of the phase 1 portion of an ongoing phase 1/2 study of RP1 as a single agent and in combination with nivolumab in patients with solid tumors
Poster #: P433
Date: Friday, November 8, 2019, 7:00 a.m. ET – 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center
About Replimune
Replimune Group Inc., headquartered in Woburn, MA, was founded in 2015 to develop the next generation of “oncolytic immune-gene therapies” for the treatment of cancer. Replimune is developing novel, proprietary therapeutics intended to improve the direct cancer-killing effects of selective virus replication and the potency of the immune response to the tumor antigens released. The Company’s Immulytic™ platform is designed to maximize systemic immune activation, in particular to tumor neoantigens, through robust viral-mediated immunogenic tumor cell killing and the delivery of optimal combinations of immune-activating proteins to the tumor and draining lymph nodes. The approach is expected to be highly synergistic with immune checkpoint blockade and other approaches to cancer treatment. Replimune intends to progress these therapies rapidly through clinical development in combination with other immuno-oncology products with complementary mechanisms of action. For more information, please visit .
Opdivo® is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
About RP1
RP1 is Replimune’s first Immulytic™ product candidate to enter the clinic and is based on a proprietary new strain of herpes simplex virus engineered to maximize tumor killing potency, the immunogenicity of tumor cell death and the activation of a systemic anti-tumor immune response.
Forward Looking Statements
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