MacroGenics Provides Update On Corporate Progress And 2016 Financial Results
ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MacroGenics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MGNX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, as well as autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases, today provided a corporate progress update and reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2016.
“MacroGenics continues to advance its broad pipeline of clinical compounds, including those in our HER2, B7-H3 and PD-1 franchises as well as the many bispecific product candidates based on our DART® platform,” said Scott Koenig, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of MacroGenics. “Across our portfolio of proprietary antibody and DART-based oncology programs, we now have initial evidence of on-target engagement, manageable safety and anti-tumor activity. In addition, I am very encouraged by the biological activity observed in subjects treated with MacroGenics’ autoimmune DART molecule, MGD010. We will continue to advance our robust pipeline in 2017, including defining future development strategies for multiple programs based on data expected later this year.”
“MacroGenics continues to advance its broad pipeline of clinical compounds, including those in our HER2, B7-H3 and PD-1 franchises as well as the many bispecific product candidates based on our DART® platform,” said Scott Koenig, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of MacroGenics. “Across our portfolio of proprietary antibody and DART-based oncology programs, we now have initial evidence of on-target engagement, manageable safety and anti-tumor activity. In addition, I am very encouraged by the biological activity observed in subjects treated with MacroGenics’ autoimmune DART molecule, MGD010. We will continue to advance our robust pipeline in 2017, including defining future development strategies for multiple programs based on data expected later this year.”