On May 30, 2023 Morphogenesis, Inc. ("Morphogenesis"), a privately-held Phase 2/3 clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel personalized cancer vaccines and tumor microenvironment modulators to overcome resistance to current immunotherapies, and CohBar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWBR) ("CohBar"), reported that Morphogenesis’ abstract has been accepted for poster presentation at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting taking place June 2-6, 2023 in Chicago, IL (Press release, , MAY 30, 2023, View Source [SID1234632225]).
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Details of the presentation are as follows:
Title: Phase 1b trial of IFx-Hu2.0, a novel personalized cancer vaccine, in checkpoint inhibitor resistant Merkel cell carcinoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Abstract #: 9534
Presenter: Andrew Brohl, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Session Title: Melanoma/Skin Cancers – Advanced/Metastatic Diseases
Session Date and Time: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 1:15 – 4:15 a.m. CT
Location: Hall A, Poster #297
Morphogenesis and CohBar recently announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for an all-stock transaction to form a company combining expertise and resources to advance a late-stage oncology pipeline. The combined company will focus on advancing Morphogenesis’ two technologies that seek to overcome the major obstacles that limit the effectiveness of current immunotherapies in treating cancer. The combined company is expected to operate under the name "TuHURA Biosciences, Inc." and to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq"). The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023.