YMAB - Y-mAbs to Present at 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting | Benzinga
NEW YORK, April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company" or "Y-mAbs") (NASDAQ:YMAB), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel radioimmunotherapy and antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, today announced the acceptance of four abstracts at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology ("ASCO") Annual Meeting, taking place May 31 – June 4, 2024 in Chicago, IL.
"This year's ASCO presentations feature our ongoing efforts to grow and diversify our portfolio," said Mike Rossi, President and Chief Executive Officer. "From our investigational SADA PRIT Technology Platform to our approved therapy, DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk), for relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma, we look forward to demonstrating the many ways in which we are expanding and refining the promise of next-generation radioimmunotherapy and antibody-based therapies to improve patient lives."
The following abstract will present data on the Company's investigational Self-Assembly DisAssembly ("SADA™") ?Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy ("PRIT™") platform:
Abstract Title: Preclinical characterization of pretargeted radioimmunotherapy (PRIT) with GD2-SADA, a self-assembling and disassembling bispecific fusion protein
Format: Abstract Publication
The following abstracts will present data on DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk), the Company's approved therapy for the treatment of pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma, which is currently also being evaluated for the treatment of osteosarcoma and other GD2-positive tumors:
Abstract Title: Patterns of improvement following initial response in patients treated with naxitamab for relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma
Poster Number: #10033
Format: Poster Presentation
Abstract Title: Naxitamab-related adverse events within and across treatment cycles in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) high-risk neuroblastoma
Poster Number: #10032
Format: Poster Presentation
Abstract Title: Naxitamab chemo-immunotherapy regimens other than with irinotecan/temozolomide for patients with relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma
Poster Number: #10037 (Independent Research)
Format: Poster Presentation
Y-mAbs will be available for comment at booth #35151 on the Exhibition Floor of McCormick Place.
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ("MSK") developed DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk), which is exclusively licensed by MSK to Y-mAbs. MSK has institutional financial interests in the compound and Y-mAbs. Researchers at MSK, including Dr. Nai-Kong Cheung, developed the SADA technology for radioimmunotherapy, which is exclusively licensed by MSK to Y-mAbs. Dr. Cheung has intellectual property rights and interests in the technology, and as a result of this licensing arrangement, MSK has institutional financial interests in the technology.
About DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk)
DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk) is indicated, in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor ("GM-CSF"), for the treatment of pediatric patients 1 year of ...