NEEDHAM, Mass., June 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Candel Therapeutics, Inc. (Candel or the Company) (NASDAQ:CADL), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing multimodal biological immunotherapies to help patients fight cancer, today announced that Paul Peter Tak, MD, PhD, FMedSci, Candel's President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the H.C. Wainwright 2nd Annual Immune Cell Engager Virtual Conference on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. ET.
A live webcast of the fireside chat will be available by selecting Events and Presentations under the News & Events tab in the Investors section on candeltx.com. A replay of the webcast will be archived for up to 90 days following the session date.
About Candel Therapeutics
Candel is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing off-the-shelf multimodal biological immunotherapies that elicit an individualized, systemic anti-tumor immune response to help patients fight cancer. Candel has established two clinical stage multimodal biological immunotherapy platforms based on novel, genetically, modified adenovirus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) gene constructs, respectively.
CAN-2409 is the lead product candidate from the adenovirus platform and is currently in ongoing clinical trials in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (phase 2), borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (phase 2), and localized, non-metastatic prostate cancer (phase 2 and phase 3). The Company recently announced encouraging overall survival data for CAN-2409 in both pancreatic cancer and NSCLC. CAN-2409 received Fast Track Designation from the FDA for prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, and NSCLC as well as Orphan Drug Designation in pancreatic cancer. Topline data are expected for both the phase 2b (active surveillance population) and ...