On October 3, 2018 Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) ("Immutep" or "the Company"), a biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapy treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, reported that clinical data on the company’s lead product candidate eftilagimod alpha ("efti" or "IMP321"), a soluble LAG-3Ig fusion protein based on the LAG-3 immune control mechanism, will be presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper) Annual Meeting being held November 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C (Press release, Immutep, OCT 3, 2018, View Source [SID1234529718]).

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Abstract titles and authors are:

Title: Results from a Phase I dose escalation trial (TACTI-mel) with the soluble LAG-3 protein (IMP321, eftilagimod alpha) together with pembrolizumab in unresectable or metastatic melanoma

Authors: Victoria Atkinson; Frederic Triebel; Christian Mueller; Chrystelle Brignone; Melissa Eastgate; Amitesh Roy; Adnan Khattak; Andrew Haydon

Title: A multicenter, phase II study in patients with first line NSCLC, or recurrent PD-X refractory NSCLC or with recurrent HNSCC receiving Eftilagimod Alpha in combination with Pembrolizumab (TACTI-002)

Authors: Martin Forster; Frederic Triebel; Christian Mueller; Chrystelle Brignone; Tatsiana Skrahina

The exact time of Immutep’s presentation and further details will be available closer to the conference date.