Genenta to Provide Update on Lead Product Temferon™
May 16 2023 - 7:00AM
Luigi Naldini, Ph.D., M.D., co-founder and
Executive Scientific Board Chairman of Genenta Science S.p.A.
(NASDAQ: GNTA), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, will be
presenting the company cell-based platform harnessing the power of
hematopoietic stem cells to provide durable, safe, and well
tolerated treatment for solid tumors at several upcoming scientific
congresses.
Prof. Luigi Naldini will
provide updates on the efficacy of Genenta's lead
product candidate, Temferon, in pre-clinical solid tumor models and
preliminary clinical biological data confirming in patients at
these congresses.
Genenta has a deep pipeline of potential
candidates and therapeutic combinations at different stages of
development. The drug at the most advanced stage of development is
called Temferon, and is currently in clinical trials of humans -
Phase 1/2a. Temferon uses the patient's own stem
cells modified with Genenta's platform to express interferon alpha
in the tumor - a well-known immunomodulatory protein that has been
used in the clinic for decades for the treatment of a variety of
cancers, but with limited current use because of the systemic
tolerability. Genenta's platform makes it possible to precisely
avoid exposing the whole body to not tolerable concentrations and
to selectively bring therapeutic activity into the tumor. From
pre-clinical experiments, it has been observed that
Temferon allows the immune system to see
the tumor and mount an effective immune response. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug
Designation (ODD) to Temferon for the treatment of
glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Updated data will be provided during
the following congresses.
ASTCT + EBMT Joint Basic and Translational Scientific
Meeting
Type: keynote presentation
Date: May 24, 2023
6th Annual Symposium on Macrophage
Type: live keynote presentation
Date: June 1, 2023
EACR 2023 Congress, the Annual Congress of the European
Association for Cancer Research
Type: live keynote presentation
Date: June 14, 2023
In addition, Tim Obara,
Business Development Consultant and Richard
Slansky, Chief Financial Officer, will attend BIO
International Convention in Boston, MA on June 5-8,
2023.
About Prof. Luigi
Naldini, Ph.D., M.D., co-founder and Executive Scientific
Board Chairman of Genenta. For the past 25 years, he has pioneered
the development and the applications of lentiviral vectors for gene
therapy, which have become one of the most widely used tools in
biomedical research and, upon recently entering clinical testing,
are providing a long-sought hope for cures for several currently
untreatable and otherwise deadly human diseases. He has published
over 280 scientific papers. He has a SCOPUS Author
h-index of 101. Prof. Luigi Naldini has won
numerous awards, including the Outstanding Achievement
Award from the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
(ASGCT) in 2014, President of ESGCT in 2015, the Beutler
Prize from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in
2017 and the Jeantet-Collen Prize for Translational
Medicine in 2019.
He was nominated as “Grande
Ufficiale” dell’Ordine “Al Merito della Repubblica
Italiana,” one of the highest ranking honors in Italy, by the
President of the Republic and the Prime Minister of Italy in 2019.
He was also elected “Socio Corrispondente-Classe di Scienze
Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali” at the “Accademia
Nazionale dei Lincei” in 2022.
About Genenta and
TemferonGenenta (www.genenta.com) is a clinical-stage
biotechnology company engaged in the development of a proprietary
hematopoietic stem cell therapy for the treatment of a variety of
solid tumor cancers. Temferon™ is based on ex-vivo gene transfer
into autologous Tie2+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs)
to deliver immunomodulatory molecules directly via
tumor-infiltrating monocytes/macrophages (Tie2 Expressing Monocytes
- TEMs). Temferon, which is under investigation in a phase
1/2a clinical trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme
patients who have an unmethylated MGMT gene promoter (uMGMT-GBM),
is designed to reach solid tumors, induce a durable immune response
not restricted to pre-selected tumor antigens nor type, and avoid
systemic toxicity, which are some of the main unresolved challenges
in immuno-oncology.
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risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including
risks related to the completion and timing of the phase 1/2a
clinical trial or any studies relating to the treatment of
glioblastoma multiforme patients who have an unmethylated MGMT gene
promoter (uMGMT-GBM). Further, certain forward-looking statements
are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to
be accurate. These and other risks and uncertainties are described
more fully in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Genenta's Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement are made as of the date of this
announcement, and Genenta undertakes no duty to update such
information except as required under applicable law.
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