Regulatory Filings • Dec 16, 2020
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BERGENBIO TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE ONGOING PHASE II STUDY OF BEMCENTINIB IN COMBINATION WITH PEMBROLIZUMAB IN REFRACTORY NSCLC AT WCLC 2020
Bergen, Norway, 16 December 2020 - BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for
severe unmet medical need, is pleased to announce it has been accepted for an
oral presentation at the 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer Singapore (WCLC),
being held from 28-31 January 2021.
The oral presentation will provide an update from the Company's Phase II study
of bemcentinib in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy pembrolizumab (BGBC008) in
refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Abstract titles have been announced online, and details of the presentation are
below.
Title: A phase II study of the oral selective AXL inhibitor bemcentinib with
pembrolizumab in patients with advanced NSCLC
Presenting Author: Dr. Matthew G. Krebs PhD.
Session/Abstract ID: Immunotherapy (Phase II/III Trials) / # 3647
Date/Time: Friday 29[th] January 2021 at 09.50 Singapore Time / 02.50 CET
Further details can be found on the WCLC
website (https://library.iaslc.org/conference
-program?product_id=20&author=&category=&date=&session_type=&session=&presentatio
n=&keyword=bemcentinib&cme=undefined&)
The presentation will be available on BerGenBio's website from 29 January 2021.
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About AXL
AXL kinase is a cell membrane receptor and an essential mediator of the
biological mechanisms underlying life-threatening diseases. In cancer, AXL
suppresses the body's immune response to tumours and drives cancer treatment
failure across many indications. AXL expression defines a very poor prognosis
subgroup in most cancers. AXL inhibitors, therefore, have potential high value
at the centre of cancer combination therapy, addressing significant unmet
medical needs and multiple high-value market opportunities. Research has also
shown that AXL mediates other aggressive diseases.
About Bemcentinib
Bemcentinib (formerly known as BGB324), is a potentially first-in-class
selective AXL inhibitor in a broad phase II clinical development programme.
Ongoing clinical trials are investigating bemcentinib in multiple solid and
haematological tumours, in combination with current and emerging therapies
(including immunotherapies, targeted therapies and chemotherapy), and as a
single agent. Bemcentinib targets and binds to the intracellular catalytic
kinase domain of AXL receptor tyrosine kinase and inhibits its activity.
Increase in AXL function has been linked to key mechanisms of drug resistance
and immune escape by tumour cells, leading to aggressive metastatic cancers.
About BerGenBio ASA
BerGenBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing
transformative drugs targeting AXL as a potential cornerstone of therapy for
aggressive diseases, including immune-evasive, therapy resistant cancers. The
company's proprietary lead candidate, bemcentinib, is a potentially first-in
-class selective AXL inhibitor in a broad phase II oncology clinical development
programme focused on combination and single agent therapy in lung cancer,
leukaemia and COVID-19. A first-in-class functional blocking anti-AXL antibody,
tilvestamab, is undergoing phase I clinical testing. In parallel, BerGenBio is
developing companion diagnostic tests to identify patient populations most
likely to benefit from bemcentinib: this is expected to facilitate more
efficient registration trials supporting a precision medicine-based
commercialisation strategy.
BerGenBio is based in Bergen, Norway with a subsidiary in Oxford, UK. The
company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: BGBIO). For more
information, visit www.bergenbio.com
Contacts
Richard Godfrey CEO, BerGenBio ASA
+47 917 86 304
Rune Skeie, CFO, BerGenBio ASA
+47 917 86 513
International Media Relations
Mary-Jane Elliott, Chris Welsh, Lucy Featherstone, Carina Jurs
Consilium Strategic Communications
+44 20 3709 5700
Media Relations in Norway
Jan Petter Stiff, Crux Advisers
+47 995 13 891
Forward looking statements
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which as such are not
historical facts, but are based upon various assumptions, many of which are
based, in turn, upon further assumptions. These assumptions are inherently
subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
important factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important
factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations
expressed or implied in this announcement by such forward-looking statements.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5
-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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