On February 20, 2018 Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American:ATNM) ("Actinium" or "the Company") reported that representatives from the Company’s executive and clinical development teams will be attending the BMT Tandem Meetings, the combined annual meetings of the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) and the Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) (Press release, Actinium Pharmaceuticals, FEB 20, 2018, View Source [SID1234524062]).The conference is being held February 21 through February 25, 2018, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Actinium’s planned Phase 2 trial for Actimab-MDS will be highlighted in the Company’s Product Theater, Actimab for CD33 Expressing Hematologic Malignancies, which will feature Dr. Sergio Giralt, Chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr. Koen van Besien, Director, Stem Cell Transplant Program at Weill Cornell Medical Center. The planned Phase 2 trial for Actimab-MDS will study Actinium’s anti-CD33-actinium-225 antibody radio-conjugate (ARC) as a myeloablative agent prior to a bone marrow transplant for patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with a p53 genetic mutation. Actinium will be conducting an investigator meeting with representatives from current and prospective clinical trial sites from the Company’s pivotal Phase 3 SIERRA trial for Iomab-B. Also, Actinium will formally meet with the Iomab-B Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to discuss the ongoing SIERRA trial and other initiatives in improved myeloablation.
Dr. Mark Berger, Chief Medical Officer of Actinium said, "With our mission at Actinium to improve the pathway for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, the annual BMT Tandem Meetings is a critical forum that enables us to meet with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in the area of bone marrow transplant medicine to share our latest research findings and learn from others. Our attendance at this event offers a rich opportunity to gain insight into the latest developments in our field of science. We are very much looking forward to our investigator and SAB meetings that will provide us with the opportunity to further highlight Iomab-B’s highly differentiated profile and discuss certain aspects of the SIERRA trial such as our recent protocol amendment, crossover rates and case studies with representatives from leading bone marrow transplant centers."
The BMT Tandem Meetings include an exciting scientific program that addresses state-of-the-art issues in bone marrow transplant. Meeting attendees include investigators, clinicians, laboratory technicians, clinical research professionals, nurses, pharmacists, administrators and allied health professionals seeking to benefit from its hematopoietic cell transplantation focused program.
Sandesh Seth, Actinium’s Executive Chairman said, "Our Iomab-B and Actimab-MDS drug candidates are critical elements to our overall strategy at Actinium to improve transplant access and outcomes via improved myeloablation. We anticipate this year’s conference to be even more productive for us than last year as we are attending as the only company with a multi-disease, multi-product pipeline focused on improved myeloablation."
About BMT Tandem Meetings
Annually, the BMT Tandem Meetings are the largest gathering in North America of worldwide experts in blood and marrow transplant patient care, clinical investigation and laboratory research. Over 3,000 transplant physicians in over 500 transplant centers from >50 countries participate in the CIBMTR. The ASBMT has a membership of over 2,300 clinicians and researchers. By combining our meetings, we expect over 3,200 participants at next year’s meetings representing more than 50 countries, with approximately 20% coming from outside the United States.