CORRECTION: Unum Therapeutics to Host Investor Event on its Efforts to Realize the Promise of T Cell Therapies in Solid Tumors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued earlier today under the same headline by Unum Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: UMRX), please note the investors event date has been changed from November 12 to November 19 in the first paragraph. The corrected release follows.

Unum Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: UMRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cellular immunotherapies, today announced that the Company will host an investor event to discuss its efforts in solid tumors on Monday November 19, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET in New York City.

The event will feature guest speaker Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH, Director of the Yale Cancer Center, who will discuss the challenges and opportunities in HER2 malignancies. In addition, the Company will discuss the unmet need, clinical validation of ACTR707 and design of the ATTCK-34-01 Phase I trial using ACTR707 in combination with trastuzumab to target HER2-positive advanced cancers. The Company also will provide more details on the new BOXR platform to support its growing efforts in solid tumors.

To join the live webcast, please visit the investor relations section of the Unum Therapeutics website at at least 10 minutes before the event begins.

About Unum Therapeutics

Unum Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel immunotherapy products designed to harness the power of a patient’s immune system to cure cancer. Unum’s novel proprietary technologies include Antibody-Coupled T cell Receptor (ACTR), a universal, engineered cell therapy intended to be used in combination with a wide range of tumor-specific antibodies to target different tumor types, and Bolt-On Chimeric Receptor (BOXR), an approach for improving T cell functionality to enable solid tumor cancer applications. ACTR707 used in combination with rituximab, an anti-CD20 antibody, is Unum’s most advanced product candidate, currently in Phase I clinical testing in adult patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (r/r NHL). The Company has an additional product candidate in Phase I clinical testing: ACTR087 used in combination with the novel antibody SEA-BCMA in adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Finally, the Company has an active investigational new drug application (IND) for ACTR707 used in combination with trastuzumab, an anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, to treat patients with HER2+ advanced cancer. This Phase I trial is expected to be initiated by the end of 2018.

The Company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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Investor Contact:

Stephanie Ascher, 212-362-1200

 

Media Contact:

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