ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 02, 2016 (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 quarter ended September 30, 2016.
“MacroGenics continues to make progress across its broad pipeline of clinical compounds, including margetuximab, our Fc-optimized anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, our two clinical programs targeting B7-H3 as well as several bispecific product candidates based on our DART® platform,” said Scott Koenig, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of MacroGenics. “During the third quarter, an IND for MGA012 cleared the FDA and we remain on track to submit two DART molecule INDs in 2017, which would result in a total of eight DART molecules in clinical development. We look forward to providing an update on multiple clinical and preclinical programs at our R&D Day on December 13.”
