Heat Biologics to Host Analyst and Investor Event February 28, 2018 to Present Results from its Phase 2 Lung Cancer Study
Event will Highlight Clinical Data on First 35 Patients Dosed with HS-110 Plus Checkpoint Inhibitor Nivolumab (Opdivo®)
DURHAM, NC / ACCESSWIRE / January 30, 2018 / Heat Biologics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTBX), a biopharmaceutical company developing drugs designed to activate a patient's immune system against cancer, is hosting an analyst and investor event to present Phase 2 results from its HS-110 (viagenpumatucel-L) study in combination with the Bristol-Myers Squibb checkpoint inhibitor, nivolumab (Opdivo®), in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose cancers have progressed after treatment with one or more lines of therapy.
The presentation will take place at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in New York City. A live webcast will be available for those who cannot attend. The event will follow the first formalized Independent Data Monitoring Committee ("IDMC") meeting review of the most recent Phase 2 interim data from the trial.
"We are looking forward to concluding our first IDMC data review and presenting our initial Phase 2 results," said Jeff Wolf, CEO of Heat. "Our presentation will focus on clinical observations, which will help inform the best pathway to advance HS-110 through a registrational trial."
The presentation will include data generated from the first 35 patients enrolled in the study; specifically:
- Clinical efficacy measures of treatment response
- The correlation of immune response from blood samples with positive clinical outcome
- Safety data evaluation and analysis
Key opinion leaders will also provide an overview of NSCLC and the need for combination therapies in this setting, while management will discuss company milestones for 2018 and beyond. Further, management will provide an outline of Heat's planned development strategy for HS-110 based on the recent outcome of its Type C meeting with the FDA.
Additional details such as location, speakers and webcast information will be provided prior to the event.
About Heat Biologics, Inc.
Heat Biologics is a biopharmaceutical company developing immunotherapies designed to activate a patient's immune system against cancer by inducing CD8+ "Killer" T-cells. Our T-cell Activation Platform (TCAP) produces therapies designed to turn "cold" tumors "hot," and be administered in combination with checkpoint inhibitor therapies and other immuno-modulators to increase their effectiveness. We are currently enrolling patients in our Phase 2 clinical trial for non-small cell lung cancer, in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb's nivolumab (Opdivo®). Pelican Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Heat, is focused on the development of co-stimulatory monoclonal antibody and fusion protein-based therapies designed to activate the immune system. We also have numerous pre-clinical programs at various stages of development. For more information, please visit www.heatbio.com.
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Melissa Conger
Heat Biologics
+1 919 289 4017
mconger@heatbio.com
Released January 30, 2018