BERGEN, Norway, October 31, 2023 - BerGenBio ASA (OSE: BGBIO), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for
severe unmet medical needs, today announced that a poster highlighting data from
pre-planned biomarker analyses in second line Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
patients treated with bemcentinib, a highly selective AXL inhibitor in
combination with MSD's anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) will be
presented at the Society for Immunotherapy for Cancer (SITC) meeting being held
on November 1-5, 2023 in San Diego, California.
The poster abstract was published today in the Journal for Immunotherapy of
Cancer (JITC), an open-access journal. The full poster will be available on
BerGenBio's website shortly following presentation on November 4th.
Poster Details
Title: Bemcentinib + Pembrolizumab show promising efficacy in metastatic NSCLC
patients harboring mutations associated with poor prognosis: exploratory sub
-analysis from the BGBC008 trial
Poster Board Number: 598
Presentation Time: Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 beginning at 0900 Pacific Time
KEYTRUDA® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA
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Contacts
Martin Olin CEO, BerGenBio ASA
ir@bergenbio.com
Rune Skeie, CFO, BerGenBio ASA
rune.skeie@bergenbio.com
Investor Relations / Media Relations
Jan Lilleby
jl@lillebyfrisch.no
About Bemcentinib
Bemcentinib is a potentially first-in-class, potent and highly selective
inhibitor of the tyrosine kinase AXL. Extensive studies confirm the ability to
combine bemcentinib with immune checkpoint inhibitors, chemotherapies and
targeted therapies with the goal of improving a patient's immune response and
delaying the development of chemoresistance. Bemcentinib is currently being
investigated in combination with immune checkpoint inhibition and chemotherapy
in first line NSCLC patients harboring mutations in the STK11 gene, a known
prognostic factor of poor response to existing therapies.
About BerGenBio ASA
BerGenBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing
transformative drugs targeting AXL as a potential cornerstone of therapy for
aggressive diseases, including cancer and severe respiratory infections. The
Company is focused on its proprietary lead candidate, bemcentinib, a potentially
first-in-class selective AXL inhibitor in development for STK11 mutated NSCLC
and COVID-19.
BerGenBio is based in Bergen, Norway with a subsidiary in Oxford, UK. The
company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: BGBIO). For more
information, visitwww.bergenbio.com
Forward looking statements
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historical facts, but are based upon various assumptions, many of which are
based, in turn, upon further assumptions. These assumptions are inherently
subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other
important factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important
factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations
expressed or implied in this announcement by such forward-looking statements.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5
-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.