Apexigen Announces Presentation of Phase 2 Clinical Data on CD40 Antibody Sotigalimab at the SITC 2021 Annual Meeting

On October 1, 2021 Apexigen, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a new generation of antibody therapeutics for oncology, reported three upcoming poster presentations at the 36th Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper)’s (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper) Annual Meeting, to be held in Washington, D.C., as well as virtually November 10-14, 2021 (Press release, Apexigen, OCT 1, 2021, View Source [SID1234590984]). Sotigalimab, Apexigen’s lead immuno-oncology therapeutic, is a potentially first-in-class and best-in-class CD40 agonist, with unique epitope specificity and Fc receptor engagement for optimal therapeutic effect and tolerability.

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Details are as follows:

Title of the Presentation: Phase II of CD40 Agonistic Antibody Sotigalimab (APX005M) in Combination with Nivolumab in Subjects with Metastatic Melanoma with Confirmed Disease Progression on Anti-PD-1 Therapy
Abstract ID: 389
Presenter: Harriet Kluger, M.D., Professor of Medical Oncology at Yale School of Medicine

Title of the Presentation: Multiomic biomarker signatures identify subsets of patients who may benefit from either nivolumab or sotigalimab in combination with chemotherapy in metastatic pancreatic cancer
Abstract ID: 343
Presenter: Deena Maurer, Ph.D., Translational and Regulatory Affairs Scientist Fellow at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

Title of the Presentation: INNATE: Immunotherapy during neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer to elucidate local and systemic therapeutic responses
Abstract ID: 411
Presenter: Todd Aguilera, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center

The posters will be available on-demand through the SITC (Free SITC Whitepaper) conference portal starting Friday, November 12, 2021, at 7:00 a.m. ET.