OncoMed Reports Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMED), a clinical-stage company developing novel anti-cancer stem cell and immuno-oncology therapeutics, today reported second quarter financial results. As of June 30, 2016, cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $171.5 million.
“With seven OncoMed-discovered drugs in fourteen clinical trials, we enter the second half of this year following the presentation of encouraging data from across our pipeline at the AACR and ASCO annual meetings,” said Paul J. Hastings, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “In the next several months we expect to report additional Phase 1b data for vantictumab and ipafricept, our first-in-class Wnt inhibitors, as well as Phase 1 clinical data for our anti-DLL4/VEGF bispecific antibody and our first-in-class anti-RSPO3 antibody. As we approach the end of the year and enter into 2017, we look forward to significant milestones, including data from our PINNACLE and YOSEMITE randomized Phase 2 clinical trials, potential opt-ins totaling over $172 million in 2017 from our partnerships with GSK, Bayer and Celgene, and two IND filings for novel immuno-oncology agents.”
“With seven OncoMed-discovered drugs in fourteen clinical trials, we enter the second half of this year following the presentation of encouraging data from across our pipeline at the AACR and ASCO annual meetings,” said Paul J. Hastings, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “In the next several months we expect to report additional Phase 1b data for vantictumab and ipafricept, our first-in-class Wnt inhibitors, as well as Phase 1 clinical data for our anti-DLL4/VEGF bispecific antibody and our first-in-class anti-RSPO3 antibody. As we approach the end of the year and enter into 2017, we look forward to significant milestones, including data from our PINNACLE and YOSEMITE randomized Phase 2 clinical trials, potential opt-ins totaling over $172 million in 2017 from our partnerships with GSK, Bayer and Celgene, and two IND filings for novel immuno-oncology agents.”