Transgene (Paris:TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumors, announces the publication of two articles highlighting the potential of TG4001 and TG6002, two clinical-stage products, that are expected to generate new clinical data in H2 2019
Transgene (Paris:TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumors, announces the publication of two articles highlighting the potential of TG4001 and TG6002, two clinical-stage products, that are expected to generate new clinical data in H2 2019.
| TG4001 in Gynecologic Oncology | |
| The data confirm the potential of TG4001 (Tipapkinogen Sovacivec), administered as a monotherapy, to treat precancerous HPV-induced lesions (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - CIN2/3). These clinical results, with a 30-month follow up, are highly supportive of the ongoing development of TG4001 in combination with avelumab in HPV-positive cancers, including head and neck carcinomas (NCT 03260023), for which efficacy data are expected in H2 2019.
Ref: The efficacy and safety of Tipapkinogen Sovacivec therapeutic HPV vaccine in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and 3: Randomized controlled phase II trial with 2.5 years of follow-up, D.M. Harper, et al., Gynecologic Oncology - | |
| TG6002 in Molecular Therapy Oncolytics | |
| Transgene provides detailed preclinical data on its oncolytic virus TG6002. Based on an optimized Copenhagen strain of vaccinia virus, TG6002 displays a proprietary double gene deletion (TK-RR-) and a patented FCU1 gene, that allows the production of chemotherapy (5-FU) directly in the tumor. TG6002 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2 study patients with colorectal cancer (NCT 03724071).
Ref: The Enhanced Tumor Specificity of TG6002, an Armed Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus Deleted in Two Genes Involved in Nucleotide Metabolism, J. Foloppe, et al., Molecular Therapy Oncolytics - | |
About Transgene
Transgene (Euronext: TNG) is a publicly traded French biotechnology company focused on designing and developing targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Transgene’s programs utilize viral vector technology with the goal of indirectly or directly killing infected or cancerous cells. The Company’s lead clinical-stage programs are: TG4010, a therapeutic vaccine against non-small cell lung cancer, Pexa-Vec, an oncolytic virus against liver cancer, and TG4001, a therapeutic vaccine against HPV-positive head and neck cancers. The Company has several other programs in clinical development, including TG1050 (a therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B) and TG6002 (an oncolytic virus for the treatment of solid tumors).
With its proprietary Invir.IOTM, Transgene builds on its expertise in viral vectors engineering to design a new generation of multifunctional oncolytic viruses.
myvacTM, an individualized MVA-based immunotherapy platform designed to integrate neoantigens, completes this innovative research portfolio. TG4050, the first candidate selected from the myvacTM platform, will enter the clinic for the treatment of ovarian cancer and head and neck cancer.
Additional information about Transgene is available at www.transgene.fr.
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Disclaimer
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The occurrence of any of these risks could have a significant negative outcome for the Company’s activities, perspectives, financial situation, results, regulatory authorities’ agreement with development phases, and development. The Company’s ability to commercialize its products depends on but is not limited to the following factors: positive pre-clinical data may not be predictive of human clinical results, the success of clinical studies, the ability to obtain financing and/or partnerships for product manufacturing, development and commercialization, and marketing approval by government regulatory authorities. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company’s actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors (“Facteurs de Risque”) section of the Document de Référence, available on the AMF website (http://www.amf-france.org) or on Transgene’s website (www.transgene.fr). Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Transgene undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
1 Resolution: complete disappearance of CIN lesions.
2 Viral clearance: disappearance of the high-risk HPV genotypes present at baseline.
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