INNATE PHARMA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2025 STIFEL VIRTUAL TARGETED ONCOLOGY FORUM

On April 3, 2025 Innate Pharma SA (Euronext Paris: IPH; Nasdaq: IPHA) ("Innate" or the "Company") reported that members of its executive team will present and host 1×1 meetings at the Stifel 2025 Virtual Targeted Oncology Forum being held on April 8 – 9, 2025 (Press release, Innate Pharma, APR 3, 2025, View Source [SID1234651787]).

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The executive team will participate in a fireside chat scheduled on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 12:30 – 12:55 p.m. ET.
A live webcast and a replay of the presentation will be available on the Events page in the Investors section of Innate Pharma website.

I-Mab Reports Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

On April 3, 2025 I-Mab (NASDAQ: IMAB) (the "Company"), a U.S.-based, global biotech company, focused on the development of precision immuno-oncology agents for the treatment of cancer, reported financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2024, and highlighted recent pipeline progress and business updates (Press release, I-Mab Biopharma, APR 3, 2025, View Source [SID1234651786]).

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"The last year has been transformational for I-Mab. We successfully established a new model as a U.S.-based biotech company, divested all business operations in China, redefined our strategy, strengthened our leadership team, reprioritized our pipeline and accelerated the development of our lead program, givastomig, a novel Claudin-18.2 targeted therapy," said Sean Fu, PhD, MBA, CEO and board member of I-Mab. "We believe givastomig is uniquely situated to be a potential best-in-class, Claudin-18.2 therapy, with broad applicability in gastric cancer and beyond, and our strong cash balance positions us to build on the momentum."

2024 Selected Finance and Corporate Development Highlights:


Appointment of Sean (Xi-Yong) Fu, PhD, MBA, as Chief Executive Officer.

Completed divestiture of Greater China assets and business operations, including settlement of all non-participating shareholder redemption obligations.
Pipeline Overview and Potential Upcoming Milestones

In January 2025, the Company announced a portfolio re-prioritization, with a focus on advancing its lead program, givastomig, a CLDN18.2 x 4-1BB bispecific antibody, targeting first-line (1L) metastatic gastric cancers, with further potential in other solid tumors. The Company continues to monitor development of uliledlimab, an antibody designed to target CD73, the rate-limiting enzyme critical for adenosine-driven immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment, in Phase 2 studies with its partner, TJ Biopharma, and support ongoing studies underway with its partner, ABL Bio, for ragistomig, a bispecific, Fc-silent antibody designed to provide anti-PD-L1 activity and conditional 4-1BB-driven T-cell activation in one molecule.

Givastomig

Givastomig (TJ033721 / ABL111) is a bispecific antibody targeting CLDN18.2-positive tumor cells. It conditionally activates T cells through the 4-1BB signaling pathway in the tumor microenvironment where CLDN18.2 is expressed. Givastomig is being developed for 1L metastatic gastric cancers, with further potential in other solid tumors. In Phase 1 trials, givastomig was observed to maintain a strong tumor-binding property and promising anti-tumor activity, attributable to a potential synergistic effect of proximal interaction between CLDN18.2 and 4-1BB, while minimizing toxicities commonly seen with other 4-1BB agents.

Enrollment recently completed in the first dose expansion cohort (n=20), ahead of schedule, with continued momentum in the second dose expansion cohort (n=20). The Phase 1b study is evaluating givastomig for the treatment of gastric cancer in the 1L setting in combination with standard of care, nivolumab (an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor) plus chemotherapy. The study builds on positive Phase 1 monotherapy data.

Givastomig is being jointly developed through a global partnership with ABL Bio, in which I-Mab is the lead party and shares worldwide rights, excluding Greater China and South Korea, equally with ABL Bio.

Upcoming Phase 1b Givastomig Milestones:


2H 2025: Phase 1b dose escalation data (n=17) expected to be presented at a medical meeting.

1H 2026: Expected topline results from the ongoing dose expansion study (n=40).

Full Year 2024 Financial Results

Cash Position

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $173.4 million. The Company’s current cash position is expected to fund the givastomig Phase 1b study through anticipated dose expansion data readouts and further development initiatives into 2027.

Shares Outstanding

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had 187,452,495 ordinary shares issued and outstanding, representing the equivalent of 81,501,085 ADSs, assuming the conversion of all ordinary shares into ADSs.

Research & Development Expenses

Research and development expenses were $21.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $21.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in givastomig-related spending, partially offset by a decrease of $1.9 million in employee-related expenses due to lower headcount and a decline in stock price.

Administrative Expenses

Administrative expenses were $29.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $28.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in professional services fees of $13.8 million due to an increase in legal expenses associated with certain trade secret misappropriation disputes against Inhibrx, Inc. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in employee-related expenses of $12.4 million due to the forfeiture of shares as a result of the divestiture of the Greater China assets and business operations and a decline in stock price, as well as exits of certain executive employees.

Interest Income

Interest income was $7.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $9.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower average investable cash balances.

Other Expenses, Net

Other expenses, net were $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The change was primarily attributable to the fair value changes and extinguishment of put right liabilities and a smaller impact from foreign exchange losses, partially offset by expenses recognized on the settlement of non-participating shareholder redemption obligations and fixed asset impairments.

Equity in Loss of Affiliates

Equity in loss of affiliates was $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $11.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was driven by no further recognition of allocated losses from our unconsolidated investee, as the investee no longer qualified for equity method accounting after the first quarter of 2023, and a decline in employee stock ownership plan expenses through the first quarter of 2024 prior to the transfer of our shares in the unconsolidated investee to certain participating shareholders in connection with the divestiture of the Greater China assets and business operations.

Net Loss from Continuing Operations

Net loss from continuing operations was $(49.7) million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $(82.2) million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Net loss from continuing operations per share attributable to ordinary shareholders was $(0.27) for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $(0.43) for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Net Loss from Discontinued Operations

On April 2, 2024, the Company closed the China divestiture announced on February 7, 2024 (the "Transaction"). The Company determined that the Transaction represented a strategic shift that had a major effect on the business and therefore, met the criteria for classification as discontinued operations at December 31, 2024. Accordingly, the carrying value of in-process research and development and the net assets associated with the Greater China business operations are reported as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations. Amounts applicable to prior years have been recast to conform to the discontinued operations presentation. The Company recognized a gain on the Transaction in the amount of $34.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and a loss from operations of the discontinued component of $6.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Net Loss

Net loss was $(22.2) million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $(207.7) million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders was $(0.12) for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $(1.09) for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Greenwich LifeSciences Provides Global Update on FLAMINGO-01

On April 3, 2025 Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLSI) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences, reported the following global update on FLAMINGO-01 (Press release, Greenwich LifeSciences, APR 3, 2025, View Source [SID1234651785]).

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Flamingo-01 Progress to Date & Future Plans

The Company recently confirmed that the preliminary HLA prevalence, safety, and immune response data in FLAMINGO-01 patients is trending as expected in both HLA-A*02 and non-HLA-A*02 arms. The non-HLA-A*02 arm was expanded to 250 patients in 2024 with approval from both EU and US regulators. With the new preliminary positive immune response data in these patients, further changes are being considered, including the potential to transform the non-HLA-A*02 open label third arm into effectively a second Phase III trial which could lead to multiple pathways for marketing approval of GLSI-100 and a larger market potential.

In Q1 2025, the Company achieved its highest screening rate of over 150 patients per quarter or the equivalent of 600 patients per year in 40 US sites and 77 EU sites for a total of 117 active sites. In addition, 30 sites in the EU are planned to be activated in 2025 with the potential for another 10 sites to be approved and added in additional EU countries, bringing the total potential sites to over 150 sites globally. Once these sites are activated, the Company is considering a strategy to continue enrolling in both of the HLA-A*02 and non-HLA-A*02 arms until an interim analysis is conducted and the appropriate size of each arm can be further assessed.

US Clinical Sites Participating in Flamingo-01

Approximately 40 US clinical sites with 134 locations, including sites in the US Oncology/Sarah Cannon network, are currently recruiting patients and are listed below and at www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05232916. Many of the sites are prominent teaching hospitals, including Yale, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Huntsman, Moffitt, Stanford, UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, UT Southwestern, UT San Antonio, Columbia, Northwestern, Washington University, Thomas Jefferson, Stony Brook, and Baylor, which is the lead site.

European Clinical Sites and Networks Participating in Flamingo-01

In early 2024, the expansion of Flamingo-01 into 5 EU countries was approved by European regulators. Since that time, 77 clinical trial sites have been activated, and study recruitment is well underway in Spain (29), France (17), Germany (18), Italy (9), and Poland (4).

European academic networks in each country are participating in Flamingo-01 and are listed below. These networks represent the largest oncology focused hospitals and centers in Europe, where breast cancer leaders work in a collaborative manner to help advance promising therapies. The networks hold annual scientific meetings where Flamingo-01 has been introduced and where the Company has presented in the past.

GEICAM is the leading group in breast cancer research in Spain and currently consists of more than 900 experts, who work in more than 200 centers throughout Spain. Since its establishment in 1995, GEICAM has carried out more than one hundred studies in which more than 66,000 women and men have participated.

UCGB or Unicancer is the federation of French comprehensive cancer centers, a major player in cancer research and a network of 20 private, non-profit healthcare centers specialized in oncology, brought together in a health cooperation group.

GBG Forschungs GmbH is one of the world’s leading breast cancer research institutes that works together with the academic study group German Breast Group (GBG). With more than 67,000 study participants and 3,500 new patients per year, GBG is the largest breast cancer study group in Germany, consisting of more than 1,000 doctors in over 800 centers.

GIM (Gruppo Italiano Mammella) is a cooperative Italian network for breast cancer research and therapy. GIM brings together over 150 participating centers and around 500 investigators.

Flamingo-01 Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is now comprised of the following experts in the field of breast cancer oncology representing prominent teaching hospitals in the US and 4 of the largest breast oncology networks in the US, Germany, France, and Spain:

Dr. Mothaffar F. Rimawi – Professor of Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and Executive Medical Director and Co-Leader, Breast Cancer Program of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Francois-Clement Bidard – Professor of Medical Oncology, UVSQ/Paris Saclay University, Head of Breast Cancer Group, Institut Curie, Vice-Chair of the French Breast Cancer research group UCBG (Unicancer)
Dr. William J. Gradishar – Professor of Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chief of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine, and Betsy Bramsen Professor of Breast Oncology
Dr. Sibylle Loibl – Professor (apl) Goethe University Frankfurt/M, Clinical Consultant Centre for Haematology and Oncology/Bethanien Frankfurt/M, CEO of GBG Forschungs GmbH & Chair of the German Breast Group (GBG)
Dr. Miguel Martin – Professor of Medicine, Head, Medical Oncology Service, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Complutense University, Madrid, CEO of GEICAM
Dr. Joyce A. O’Shaughnessy – Celebrating Women Chair in Breast Cancer, Baylor University Medical Center and Chair, Breast Cancer Program, Texas Oncology, US Oncology, Dallas, Texas
Dr. Hope S. Rugo – Professor of Medicine and Winterhof Family Professor of Breast Oncology and Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education, University of California, San Francisco, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Cesar A. Santa-Maria – Associate Professor of Oncology, Breast and Gynecological Malignancies Group, Director of Breast Cancer Trials, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Laura M. Spring – Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Attending Physician, Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
CEO Snehal Patel commented, "Based on the high quarterly screening rate, the current level of interest in the FLAMINGO-01 trial is very high. The Company spent considerable time in Europe this past year training and activating all 77 sites. As these are the largest countries in Europe and the sites are distributed near large population centers, we hope to give as many patients as possible an opportunity to participate in the study. The prestigious sites participating in the study and the prominent KOLs at these sites and on our steering committee have helped to further validate the promise of GLSI-100 and have created momentum that is increasing patient awareness of the Phase IIb results and interest in participating in FLAMINGO-01."

Mr. Patel further added, "With the preliminary analysis of open label data of the Phase III trial complete, we will continue to analyze the open label data, potentially leading to future publications. We will also try to improve the conduct and design of the study with the ultimate goal to reproduce the Phase IIb results, if possible, and to prepare a treatment process that can be easily commercialized. To that end, we are also giving much consideration to the commercial manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of GLSI-100 and have been developing our manufacturing and regulatory strategy for both the US and Europe in parallel to conducting the clinical trial. Our patent strategy includes filing our own patent claims to potentially further extend the patent life of GLSI-100 in addition to the current 12 years of biological exclusivity that GLSI-100 will be eligible for in the US."

List of US Clinical Sites Participating in Flamingo-01 Phase III Clinical Trial

Patients who are interested in participating in the Flamingo-01 Phase III clinical trial can learn more about the study at www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05232916. Each clinical trial site location is listed on the website under "Contacts and Locations" with a new feature showing each site on a map. Patients should contact a participating clinical trial site near them or [email protected] for screening. The current listing of US sites from the clinicaltrials.gov website with email contact information for some sites is shown below and will be continually updated during the trial.

Arizona
Arizona Oncology Associates, PC – HOPE
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85745
Contact: Stacey Kimbell, R.N. [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Aisha Ahmed, MD

California
Providence Medical Foundation
Fullerton, California, United States, 92835
Contact: Rebeca Sanchez 714-446-5177 [email protected]
Contact: Linda Gozar [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Monica Lee, MD
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
Contact: Sauntee Braddock 858-534-8248 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Shatsky, MD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90404
Contact: Monica Rocha [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Aashini Master, DO
Stanford Women’s Cancer Center
Palo Alto, California, United States, 74304
Contact: Michelle Le 650-721-4076 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Fauzia Riaz, MD
University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, United States, 94158
Contact: Amy Deluca 415-353-7288 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Laura Huppert, MD
PIH Health Whittier Hospital
Whittier, California, United States, 90602
Contact: Kristine Bradbury [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Lisa Wang, MD

Colorado
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220
Contact: Jennifer Hege [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Mabel Mardones, MD

Connecticut
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06511
Contact: Adam Blanchard [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Michael DiGiovanna, MD

District of Columbia
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20016
Contact: Hayden Chae, RN 202-364-7620 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Cesar Santa-Maria, MD

Florida
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 33146
Contact: Maria Ferrer-Guerra [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Elisa Krill-Jackson, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
Contact: Julian Guerrero [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Aixa Soyano Muller, MD

Illinois
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
Contact: [email protected]
Principal Investigator: William Gradishar, MD

Maryland
Maryland Oncology Hematology
Annapolis, Maryland, United States, 21401
Contact: Gloria Seho-Ahiable [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Jeanine Werner, MD

Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Contact: MGH Cancer Center New Patient Access Team 877-394-5128
Principal Investigator: Laura Spring, MD

Minnesota
Minnesota Oncology
Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States, 55369
Contact: Kayla McDonald [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Eric Lander, MD

Missouri
Washington University Siteman Cancer Center
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
Contact: Tracy Summa 314-362-0263 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Faisal Fa’ak, MD

Nebraska
Nebraska Cancer Specialists
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68114
Contact: Heather Cordes [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Mary Heurter Wells, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198
Contact: [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Jairam Krishnamurthy, MD

Nevada
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
Henderson, Nevada, United States, 89052
Contact: Lindsay Kondo [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Stephani Christensen, MD

New Jersey
Cooper University
Camden, New Jersey, United States, 08103
Contact: 855-632-2667 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Ahmed K Abou-Hussein, MD

New York
New York Oncology Hematology
Clifton Park, New York, United States, 12065
Contact: Josephine Faruol [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Karen Tedesco, MD
Columbia University
New York, New York, United States, 10032
Contact: [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Julia McGuinness, MD
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794
Contact: Pushpa Talanki [email protected]
Contact: Jules Cohen [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Jules Cohen, MD

Ohio
Oncology Hematology Care
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45211
Contact: Douglas Hart [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Patrick Ward, MD

Oregon
Compass Oncology
Tigard, Oregon, United States, 97223
Contact: Jennifer Thompson [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Jay Andersen, MD

Pennsylvania
Redeemer Health
Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, United States, 19046
Contact: Nadine Varney 215-544-5832 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Danny Markabawi, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
Contact: 215-600-9151 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Maysa Abu-Khalaf, MD

Texas
Texas Oncology – Austin
Austin, Texas, United States, 78745
Contact: Sara Manning [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Kathryn Hudson, MD
Texas Oncology – Dallas
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75246
Contact: Christine Terraciano [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Osborne, MD
Texas Oncology – Dallas Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75231
Contact: Nancy Jones [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Kristi McIntyre, MD
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
Contact: Meredith Carter [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Nisha Unni, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States, 77057
Contact: Maria Rodriguez [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Mothaffar Rimawi, MD
The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
Contact: Epp Goodwin 210-450-5798 [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Virginia Kaklamani, MD
Texas Oncology – San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78240
Contact: Shannon Syring [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Emmalind Aponte, MD
Texas Oncology – Gulf Coast
Sugar Land, Texas, United States, 77479
Contact: Melissa Howell [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Jorge Darcourt, MD
Texas Oncology – Tyler
Tyler, Texas, United States, 75702
Contact: Shelly Maxfield [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Nanna Sulai, MD

Utah
University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
Contact: Janna Espinosa [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Mei Wei, MD

Virginia
Virginia Cancer Specialists
Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22031
Contact: Carrie Friedman [email protected]
Principal Investigator: Shruti Tiwari, MD

About FLAMINGO-01 and GLSI-100

FLAMINGO-01 (NCT05232916) is a Phase III clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GLSI-100 (GP2 + GM-CSF) in HER2 positive breast cancer patients who had residual disease or high-risk pathologic complete response at surgery and who have completed both neoadjuvant and postoperative adjuvant trastuzumab based treatment. The trial is led by Baylor College of Medicine and currently includes US clinical sites from university-based hospitals and cooperative networks with plans to expand into Europe and to open up to 150 sites globally. In the double-blinded arms of the Phase III trial, approximately 500 HLA-A*02 patients will be randomized to GLSI-100 or placebo, and up to 250 patients of other HLA types will be treated with GLSI-100 in a third arm. The trial has been designed to detect a hazard ratio of 0.3 in invasive breast cancer-free survival, where 28 events will be required. An interim analysis for superiority and futility will be conducted when at least half of those events, 14, have occurred. This sample size provides 80% power if the annual rate of events in placebo-treated subjects is 2.4% or greater.

For more information on FLAMINGO-01, please visit the Company’s website here and clinicaltrials.gov here. Contact information and an interactive map of the majority of participating clinical sites can be viewed under the "Contacts and Locations" section. Please note that the interactive map is not viewable on mobile screens. Related questions and participation interest can be emailed to: [email protected]

About Breast Cancer and HER2/neu Positivity

One in eight U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over her lifetime, with approximately 300,000 new breast cancer patients and 4 million breast cancer survivors. HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) protein is a cell surface receptor protein that is expressed in a variety of common cancers, including in 75% of breast cancers at low (1+), intermediate (2+), and high (3+ or over-expressor) levels.

CRISPR Therapeutics to Present at the 24th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference

On April 3, 2025 CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on creating transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases, reported that members of its senior management team will present at the 24th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference on Tue, April 8 at 12:45 p.m. ET (Press release, CRISPR Therapeutics, APR 3, 2025, View Source [SID1234651784]).

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A live webcast of the fireside chat will be available on the "Events & Presentations" page in the Investors section of the Company’s website at View Source A replay of the webcast will be archived on the Company’s website for 14 days following the presentation.

Entos Pharmaceuticals and Circio initiate collaboration to test novel platform for circVec circular RNA delivery

On April 3, 2025 Circio Holding ASA (OSE: CRNA), a biotechnology company developing powerful circular RNA technology for next generation nucleic acid medicine, and Entos Pharmaceuticals U.K. Ltd. (Entos), a clinical-stage genetic medicines company, reported the initiation of a research collaboration (Press release, Circio, APR 3, 2025, View Source [SID1234651783]). The collaboration will involve joint development and in vivo delivery testing of Circio’s optimized circular RNA expression vectors (circVec) using the Entos proprietary Fusogenix PLV nucleic acid delivery technology.

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Under the collaboration, Entos will develop and validate PLV-formulations of Circio´s circVec DNA vectors and perform technical testing in vivo. Initial data from the collaboration is expected in the next three to six months. If successful, the results will create the foundation for a continued collaboration to develop and test future circVec-PLV therapeutic candidates with potential applications in genetic medicine, chronic disease, and vaccines.

Financial details were not disclosed.

"Entos has demonstrated efficient and safe delivery of synthetic non-viral DNA vectors, both in mouse models, primates and clinical trials," said Dr. Thomas Hansen, CTO of Circio. "The unique PLV chemistry enables direct fusion with the cell membrane and bypasses the endosomal uptake pathway. This feature has been shown to enhance delivery efficiency and reduce toxicity of DNA vectors. It is therefore a logical step for Circio to enter this research collaboration with Entos to explore the potential synergy of combining our complementary expression and delivery technologies. If successful, this partnership will aim to provide a joint platform for generating future therapeutic candidates in several disease areas of high unmet medical need."

"Entos is currently partnering with a number of key international genetic medicine companies for the expansion of the use of our Fusogenix PLV drug delivery system to enable the delivery of nucleic acid to target cells through direct fusion," said Jason Ding, CBO of Entos Pharmaceuticals. "We have selected to partner with Circio given their unique and impressive approach to circular RNA vector expression technologies for next generation nucleic acid medicine. This collaboration will seek to use Fusogenix PLV to enhance Circio’s circVec DNA vector delivery efficiency and reduce toxicity compared to LNP-formulations. This could have a considerable impact in novel applications in genetic medicine, chronic disease and vaccines."