On June 23, 2015 Onconova reported that it will host a Key Opinion Leader breakfast focused on the treatment landscape for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), including the Company’s late-stage drug candidate, rigosertib, a small molecule RAS mimetic that inhibits cellular signaling (Press release, Onconova, JUN 23, 2015, View Source [SID:1234505792]). MDS is a heterogeneous group of bone marrow disorders characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis and increased risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The event and live webcast will take place on Tuesday, June 30 from 8:00-9:30 AM Eastern Time in New York City.
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The meeting will feature presentations by Guillermo Garcia-Manero, M.D., Chief of the Section of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Deputy Chair of Translational Research, Co-Director of the DNA Methylation Core, and Professor in the Department of Leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Lewis R. Silverman, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine in Hematology and Medical Oncology and Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Onconova management team will also provide an overview of the Company’s clinical development work with rigosertib, including a discussion of the design of a planned global Phase 3 trial in higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR-MDS) and ongoing Phase 2 trials utilizing combination therapy with rigosertib and azacitidine. A Q&A session with the featured experts and management will follow the presentations.
This event is intended for institutional investors and sell-side analysts. To reserve a place, please contact Mac MacDonald at 212-915-2567 or via e-mail at [email protected]. A live webcast and subsequent replay of the event will be available at View Source
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, M.D., serves as Chief of the Section of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Deputy Chair of Translational Research, Co-Director of the DNA Methylation Core, and Professor in the Department of Leukemia at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is also on the faculty of The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. Dr. Garcia-Manero previously served as Co-Chair of the MDS Clinical Research Consortium. The focus of his academic and clinical efforts have been to improve outcomes for patients with MDS.
Lewis R. Silverman, M.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine in Hematology and Medical Oncology and Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). He leads the Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Myeloproliferative Disease Program at ISMMS, where he has served as the Principal Investigator for several national clinical trials exploring treatments for patients with MDS. Dr. Silverman played an important role in the completion of the AZA-001 trial, which led to the approval of the first drug for the treatment of MDS, azacitidine (VIDAZA).