On July 13, 2020 TRACON Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: TCON), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel targeted cancer therapeutics and utilizing a cost efficient, CRO-independent product development platform to partner with ex-U.S. companies to develop and commercialize innovative products in the U.S., reported that it will host a key opinion leader (KOL) webinar on envafolimab for the treatment of sarcoma on Friday, July 17, 2020, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time (Press release, Tracon Pharmaceuticals, JUL 13, 2020, View Source [SID1234561830]).
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The KOL webinar will feature a presentation by Robert Maki, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who will discuss the current treatment landscape and unmet medical need in treating patients with sarcoma. Dr. Maki will be available to answer questions at the conclusion of the event.
TRACON’s Chief Executive Officer, Charles Theuer, M.D., Ph.D., will also provide an update on the Company’s lead product candidate, envafolimab, for treating patients with sarcoma. Envafolimab is a novel, single-domain antibody against PD-L1 that is administered by subcutaneous injection without the need for an adjuvant. Envafolimab is currently being studied in China in a Phase 2 registration trial as a single agent in MSI-H/dMMR colorectal cancer patients, in combination with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in a Phase 3 registration trial in biliary tract cancer, as well as in several Phase 1 trials in the U.S. and Japan. Having agreed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on trial design, TRACON intends to initiate the ENVASARC pivotal study of envafolimab in the sarcoma subtypes of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and myxofibrosarcoma in the second half of 2020.
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Dr. Maki is a graduate of Cornell University Medical College, and has a Ph.D. in Immunology from Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences. He completed his internship and residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and fellowship in medical oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Maki’s expertise includes the more than 70 types of bone and soft tissue sarcomas, and he is the co-author of Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma, from Springer Books. Dr. Maki is Board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, and treats patients at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania.