Mersana Therapeutics to Report Updated Data from the XMT-1536 Phase 1 Dose Escalation Study
Conference call on Monday, March 30, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. ET featuring study investigator Debra L. Richardson, MD
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers in areas of high unmet medical need, today reaffirmed previously announced plans to host a live conference call and webcast on Monday, March 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. ET to report updated data from the ongoing XMT-1536 Phase 1 dose escalation study. Members of the Mersana executive team will be joined by investigator, Debra L. Richardson, MD, Associate Professor of Gynecologic Oncology at the Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Nashville, TN.
Mersana Therapeutics had previously announced plans to present the updated XMT-1536 Phase 1 dose escalation data in a late-breaking oral presentation at the now cancelled Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2020 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer in Toronto, Canada.
Conference Call Details
To access the call, please dial 877-303-9226 (domestic) or 409-981-0870 (international) and provide the Conference ID 2889994. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors & Media section of the Mersana website at .
About Mersana Therapeutics
Mersana Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company using its differentiated and proprietary ADC platforms to rapidly develop novel ADCs with optimal efficacy, safety and tolerability to meaningfully improve the lives of people fighting cancer. Mersana’s lead product candidate, XMT-1536, is in a Phase 1 proof-of-concept clinical trial in patients with tumors likely to express NaPi2b, including ovarian cancer and NSCLC adenocarcinoma. Mersana’s second product candidate targeting NaPi2b-expressing tumors, XMT-1592, is an ADC created using Mersana’s customizable and homogenous Dolasynthen platform. The Company’s early stage programs include a B7-H4 targeting ADC, as well as a STING agonist ADC developed using the Company’s Immunosynthen platform. In addition, multiple partners are using Mersana’s Dolaflexin platform to advance their ADC pipelines.
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