Regulatory Filings • Nov 6, 2019
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Breda, the Netherlands / Ghent, Belgium – argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced three presentations at the the upcoming 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting being held from December 7-10, 2019 in Orlando, FL. The presentations will include preclinical translational data highlighting the multiple modes of action of cusatuzumab to target leukemic stem cells, potential synergies of cusatuzumab in combination with a BCL-2 antagonist, and previously announced data from the Company's completed Phase 2 trial of efgartigimod for primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).
Details for the oral presentations are as follows:
Title: Targeting CD70 with Cusatuzumab Eliminates Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells in Humans Oral Session: 616. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Novel Targets and Combinations Date and Time: Saturday, December 7, 3:15 p.m. ET Location: Orange County Convention Center, Chapin Theater, W320 Presenter: Dr. Adrian Ochsenbein, M.D., University of Bern
Title: Phase 2 Study of Efgartigimod, a Novel FcRn Antagonist, in Adult Patients with Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia Oral Session: 311. Disorders of Platelet Number or Function: Advances in ITP Therapy Date and Time: Monday, December 9, 6:15 p.m. ET Location: Orange County Convention Center, W307 Presenter: Dr. Adrian Newland, M.D., The Royal London Hospital
Details for the poster presentation are as follows:
Title: The Combination of the BCL-2 Antagonist Venetoclax with the CD70-Targeting Antibody Cusatuzumab Synergistically Eliminates Primary Human Leukemia Stem Cells Session: 616. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Poster III Date & Time: Monday, December 9, 2019, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET Location: Orange County Convention Center, Hall B Presenter: Dr. Carsten Riether, Ph.D., University of Bern
argenx is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe auto-immune diseases and cancer. The company is focused on developing product candidates with the potential to be either first-inclass against novel targets or best-in-class against known, but complex, targets in order to treat diseases with a significant unmet medical need. argenx's ability to execute on this focus is enabled by its suite of differentiated technologies. The SIMPLE Antibody™ Platform, based on the powerful llama immune system, allows argenx to exploit novel and complex targets, and its three complementary Fc engineering technologies are designed to expand the therapeutic index of its product candidates.
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Joke Comijn, Director Corporate Communications & Investor Relations (EU) +32 (0)477 77 29 44 +32 (0)9 310 34 19 [email protected]
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collaborations with third parties; estimating the commercial potential of argenx's product candidates; argenx's ability to obtain and maintain protection of intellectual property for its technologies and drugs; argenx's limited operating history; and argenx's ability to obtain additional funding for operations and to complete the development and commercialization of its product candidates. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other risks can be found in argenx's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and reports, including in argenx's most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC as well as subsequent filings and reports filed by argenx with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, the reader is advised not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of publication of this document. argenx undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise the information in this press release, including any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.
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