On April 7, 2021 BioInvent International AB ("BioInvent") (Nasdaq Stockholm: BINV) reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) for the Phase I/IIa clinical study of the immuno-modulatory anti-TNFR2 antibody BI-1808 (Press release, BioInvent, APR 7, 2021, View Source [SID1234577707]).
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"FDA approval of the Phase I/IIa study of BI-1808 is another important milestone for BioInvent as we continue to broaden our exciting pipeline of anti-cancer antibodies. TNFR2 is increasingly attracting interest as revealed by the recent deals in the field. The development of BI-1808 is supported by an impressive set of preclinical data and is one of three BioInvent lead candidates in clinical development," said Martin Welschof, CEO of BioInvent.
The Phase I/IIa study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and potential signs of efficacy of BI-1808 as a single agent, and in combination with the anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda in patients with ovarian cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and CTCL. It is planned to be carried out in the U.S., Denmark, Hungary, the United Kingdom and Russia and is already enrolling patients.
The anti-TNFR2 antibody BI-1808 is a first-in-class drug candidate and is part of BioInvent’s tumor-associated regulatory T cells (Treg)-targeting program. This has emerged from the F.I.R.S.T platform technology that simultaneously identifies new targets and high-quality antibodies, generating promising new drug candidates to target the tumor microenvironment (TME). TNFR2 is particularly upregulated on Tregs of the TME and has been shown to be important for tumor expansion and survival, representing a new and promising target for cancer immunotherapies.