June 1, 2019
Imprime PGG is a dectin receptor agonist that triggers anti-cancer immune responses IMPRIME 1 study enrolled 44 previously treated, metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients 15.9% Overall Response Rate (Three previous TNBC clinical studies with checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) monotherapies generated response rates of 5% to 6%) 25% Disease Control Rate >24 weeks 13.7 months median Overall Survival, with 64.2% patient survival at 12 months...
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February 6, 2018
Study Is Second Clinical Research Collaboration with Merck EAGAN, MN — February 6, 2018 — Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that patient treatment has commenced in its Phase 2 clinical study in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). The research collaboration with Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) will evaluate Biothera’s Imprime PGG in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab),...
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October 30, 2017
Data Presented at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference EAGAN, MN — October 30, 2017 — Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the presentation of new preclinical findings showing that the Company’s Phase 2 cancer immunotherapy Imprime PGG activates Natural Killer (NK) cell-mediated killing of cancer cells. The data were presented at the ongoing AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics: Discovery, Biology, and Clinical Applications, taking...
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July 19, 2017
Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium conducting trial with funding from Merck EAGAN, MN — July 19, 2017 — Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium has begun patient dosing in a Phase 1b/2 clinical study to evaluate Biothera’s Imprime PGG in combination with the Merck anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in second-line non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The University of Illinois...
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March 24, 2017
EAGAN, MN — March 24, 2017 — Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced peer-reviewed publication of results of a randomized Phase 2 clinical study of the Company’s cancer immunotherapy Imprime PGG in combination with Erbitux® (cetuximab) and chemotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The study findings have been published online in the journal Investigational New Drugs. Completed by Biothera in 2013, the study was...
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February 15, 2017
EAGAN, MN — February 15, 2017 — Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will deliver two presentations on its Phase 2 candidate Imprime PGG at the 24th annual Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference, taking place at the Moscone North Convention Center, San Francisco, February 19-24, 2017. Jeremy R. Graff, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President, Research at Biothera Pharmaceuticals, will present data showing that...
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December 10, 2015
EAGAN, MN — December 10, 2015 — Biothera Pharmaceutical Inc., today announced plans for a Phase 1b/2 clinical study in non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) patients to evaluate the ability of Biothera’s Imprime PGG to enhance responses to pembrolizumab (Keytruda®), the anti-PD-1 antibody from Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Merck will provide funding and clinical supplies of pembrolizumab for the...
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