ATNX Athenex Inc

Athenex, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATNX), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer and related conditions, today announced that it will present several posters highlighting clinical data from three of its ongoing programs for oral paclitaxel and encequidar (“Oral Paclitaxel”; f.k.a Oraxol or oral paclitaxel and HM30181) at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2019 to be held September 27 – October 1, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The posters demonstrate the results from clinical studies of Oral Paclitaxel for patients with a number of advanced solid tumor types as well as in combination with ramucirumab, an anti-VEGFR2 antibody therapy.

Please see the presentation details below. The abstracts can be found within the conference calendar here.

Poster:	477P
Title:	An international randomized cross-over bio-equivalence study of oral paclitaxel + HM30181 compared with weekly intravenous (IV) paclitaxel in patients with advanced solid tumors
Session:	Poster Display session
Date:	September 28, 2019
Time:	12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Location:	Poster Area (Hall 4)
Speaker:	Edmond Ang (New Zealand)
Poster:	1733TiP
Title:	A pilot study of oral paclitaxel (ORAXOL) in subjects with cutaneous angiosarcomas (KX-ORAX-010)
Session:	Poster Display session
Date:	September 28, 2019
Time:	12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Location:	Poster Area (Hall 4)
Speaker:	Herbert H. Loong (Shatin, Hong Kong PRC)
Poster:	800P
Title:	A Phase 1b Study of Oraxol in combination with ramucirumab in patients with gastric or esophageal cancers who failed previous chemotherapy
Date:	September 29, 2019
Time:	12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Session:	Poster Display session
Location:	Poster Area (Hall 4)
Speaker:	Ming Huang Chen (Taipei City, Taiwan)

The Orascovery platform was initially developed by Hanmi Pharmaceuticals and licensed exclusively to Athenex for all major worldwide territories except Korea, which is retained by Hanmi.

About Athenex, Inc. Founded in 2003, Athenex, Inc. is a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to becoming a leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of next generation drugs for the treatment of cancer. Athenex is organized around three platforms, including an Oncology Innovation Platform, a Commercial Platform and a Global Supply Chain Platform. The Company’s current clinical pipeline is derived from four different platform technologies: (1) Orascovery, based on non-absorbed P-glycoprotein inhibitor, (2) Src kinase inhibition, (3) T-cell receptor-engineered T-cells (TCR-T), and (4) Arginine deprivation therapy. Athenex’s employees worldwide are dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients by creating more active and tolerable treatments.  Athenex has offices in Buffalo and Clarence, New York; Cranford, New Jersey; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Hong Kong; Taipei, Taiwan; multiple locations in Chongqing, China; and Manchester, UK. For more information, please visit www.athenex.com.

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Athenex, Inc.: Randoll Sze Chief Financial Officer Email: randollsze@athenex.com 

Jacqueline Li Corporate Development and Investor Relations Email: jacquelineli@athenex.com