On October 31, 2024 HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK) ("HOOKIPA" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next generation immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and serious infectious diseases, reported that updated Phase 2 data for eseba-vec (HB200) plus pembrolizumab in first-line recurrent/metastatic HPV16-positive head and neck cancer will be presented as a late-breaking poster presentation at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper) (SITC 2024), taking place in Houston, Texas from November 8-10, 2024 (Press release, Hookipa Pharma, OCT 31, 2024, View Source [SID1234647609]).
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The poster will be presented by Alan Ho, MD, PhD, Chief of the Head and Neck Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Cancer Center (MSKCC), a clinical collaborator of HOOKIPA.
Details of the poster presentation are:
Abstract Title: Eseba-vec (HB-200) plus pembrolizumab as first-line treatment of recurrent/metastatic HPV16-positive head and neck cancer: updated results in PD-L1 CPS ≥20 patients
Presenter: Dr. Alan Ho, MSKCC
Session Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024
Session Time: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM CDT
Late Breaking Abstract Number: 1480
The poster will be available on November 9, 2024 on the HOOKIPA website on the "Scientific Publications" tab of the "Our Science" page.
About Eseba-vec
Eseba-vec (also known as HB-200) is an investigational immunotherapeutic agent being evaluated for HPV16 positive cancers. The first indication for eseba-vec is for the potential treatment of patients with HPV16+ recurrent/metastatic oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (R/M OPSCC) with a PDL1 CPS of 20 or higher, in combination with pembrolizumab, in the first line (1L) setting. Eseba-vec has received Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and PRIME designation from the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of 1L HPV16+ OPSCC. Eseba-vec was developed using HOOKIPA’s proprietary arenavirus platform.