Lantern Pharma to Host Virtual KOL Webinar on Synthetic Lethality, the Powerful Mechanism of Action Behind Several of Lantern’s Drug Candidates, Featuring Zoltan Szallasi, M.D.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lantern Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRN), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company using its proprietary RADR^® artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) platform to transform the cost, pace, and timeline of oncology drug discovery and development, today announced that it will host a virtual key opinion leader (KOL) webinar on March 21, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET focusing on synthetic lethality, the unique and powerful mechanism of action behind Lantern’s drug candidates LP-184, LP-284, and LP-100.

The webinar will feature a leading expert on synthetic lethality in DNA damage repair (DDR) deficient tumors, Zoltan Szallasi, M.D., who serves joint appointments as group leader of the Translational Cancer Genomics Department at the Danish Cancer Society Research Center and as faculty of the Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP) and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, which are affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

During the webinar, Dr. Szallasi will discuss a broad range of topics surrounding synthetic lethality, including: a brief history of synthetic lethality in oncology, how synthetic lethality is being leveraged to successfully treat cancers with DDR deficiencies, the promising potential of LP-184’s synthetic lethality for DDR deficient tumors, and the potential to combine LP-184 with FDA approved agents to enhance LP-184’s anti-tumor potency. Details on the webinar and how to register can be found below:

Virtual KOL Webinar Details:

• When: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET
• Webinar Length: 35 minutes
• Registration Link:
  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SRl6B_BrRi6SUX8XzJnTrQ
• A replay of the webinar will be available on Lantern’s website beginning on March 21, 2023.

About the Synthetic Lethality Mechanism of Action and LP-184:

In oncology drug development, synthetic lethality has become a highly desired capability for small molecules as it promotes the selective anti-tumor toxicity of cancer cells, while reducing potential side effects to normal cells. This mechanism of action can exploit vulnerabilities in cancer cells, known as DNA damage repair deficiencies, which are common in 25-30% of solid tumors. Using synthetic lethality, Lantern’s drug candidate LP-184 has demonstrated nanomolar potency across a comprehensive number of in vitro and in vivo preclinical models in solid tumors as well as adult and pediatric central nervous system cancers. Based on its synthetic lethality mechanism of action and strong preclinical results, Lantern is targeting advancing LP-184 to a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial in mid-2023.

About Lantern Pharma:

Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ: LTRN) is a clinical-stage oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary RADR^® AI and machine learning platform to discover biomarker signatures that identify patients most likely to respond to its pipeline of genomically-targeted therapeutics. By targeting drugs to patients whose genomic profile identifies them as having the highest probability of benefiting from the drug, Lantern’s approach represents the potential to deliver best-in-class outcomes.

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