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- Patients are preselected for CDKN2A and/or CDKN2B abnormalities - - Safety and efficacy data to be reported at an upcoming oncology medical conference - BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Sept. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; "Cyclacel" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer medicines, today announced that enrollment of 12 patients has been completed as per protocol in Cohort 8 of its Phase 2 stage, proof of concept 065-101 study of fadraciclib (“fadra”), a CDK2/9 inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid tumors and lymphoma. Enrollment of Cohort 5 in patients with T-Cell Lymphoma is continuing. “We are pleased to report that the Cyclacel team has achieved another important milestone by completing enrollment of the patient cohort with CDKN2A/B abnormalities,” said Spiro Rombotis, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The rapid pace of enrollment of approximately six months, since opening the cohort in mid-May, underscores the great unmet medical need of cancer patients with CDKN2A/B abnormalities. Updated safety and efficacy data from the 065-101 study of fadra has been accepted for presentation during the upcoming 36th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics (ENA 2024, October 23-25, 2024).” “We are grateful to the patients and their families, international investigator group and our collaborators participating in the 065-101 study for their support in achieving target enrollment of Cohort 8,” said Brian Schwartz, M.D., interim Chief Medical Officer. “We are excited to observe stable disease and tumor shrinkage in a Phase 2 squamous cell cancer patient with unknown primary and CDKN2A abnormalities after two cycles of fadra oral tablets. As previously reported at ASCO 2024, in the Phase 1 study of oral fadra a patient with squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and CDKN2A/B abnormalities achieved 22% reduction in tumor burden at 4 weeks per RECIST 1.1 criteria. We expect to report more mature data as additional patients from Cohort 8 get scanned and followed up.” 065-101 Study of Oral Fadraciclib The Phase 2 part of the 065-101 study of oral fadra, a CDK2/9 inhibitor, is designed to evaluate fadra safety and efficacy in up to 8 cohorts defined by histology and/or biomarkers of interest. The 7 histology-based cohorts include: Cohort 1: endometrial and ovarian; 2: cholangiocarcinoma or biliary tract; 3: hepatocellular; 4: breast, including HR positive, HER2 negative, triple negative, and HER-2 positive; 5: T-Cell lymphoma; 6: B-Cell lymphoma; and 7: colorectal cancers. Cohort 8 is biomarker selected, specifically including patients with CDKN2A and/or CDKN2B abnormalities. The Phase 2 part of the study employs a Simon 2-stage design and is powered to demonstrate response in the molecular subtype suggested by the Phase 1 data and others that may be sensitive. The Phase 1 dose escalation part of the study enrolled a total of 48 unselected, all comer patients with advanced solid tumors and lymphoma who were treated with oral fadra as monotherapy. Recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) was determined as 100mg twice daily for 5 days per week, 4 out of 4 weeks. To date single agent activity with oral or intravenous fadra, including CR, PR and SD, has been observed in patients with advanced endometrial, squamous NSCLC lung cancer and T-cell lymphoma. Encouraging signals of activity were observed in patients with advanced cervical, hepatocellular, ovarian and pancreatic cancers. The Company believes that fadra’s inhibition of CDK2 and CDK9 may be superior to inhibiting either CDK2 or CDK9 alone. Fadra tablets can be given orally with repeat dosing which has led to transient suppression of anti-apoptosis proteins with generally good tolerability and no Grade 3 or higher hematological toxicity in the first cycle. CDKN2A, CDKN2B Abnormalities The most frequent CDKN2A or CDKN2B abnormalities are deletions or loss of function. CDKN2A gene deletions occur in over 40% of several solid tumors, including glioma, head and neck, pancreatic, esophageal, lung (incl. squamous), bladder, melanoma, and others. CDKN2B deletions occur in over 30% of several solid tumors, including bladder, glioma, pancreatic, esophageal, lung (incl. squamous), head and neck, melanoma, and others.1 About Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Cyclacel is a clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer medicines based on cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and mitosis biology. The transcriptional regulation program is evaluating fadraciclib, a CDK2/9 inhibitor, and the anti-mitotic program plogosertib, a PLK1 inhibitor, in patients with both solid tumors and hematological malignancies. Cyclacel's strategy is to build a diversified biopharmaceutical business based on a pipeline of novel drug candidates addressing oncology and hematology indications. For additional information, please visit www.cyclacel.com. Forward-looking Statements This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements related to Cyclacel’s future plans and prospects, Cyclacel’s anticipated cash runway and the planned timing of data results and continued development of fadraciclib. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially include market and other conditions, the risk that product candidates that appeared promising in early research and clinical trials do not demonstrate safety and/or efficacy in larger-scale or later clinical trials, trials may have difficulty enrolling, Cyclacel may not obtain approval to market its product candidates, the risks associated with reliance on outside financing to meet capital requirements, the risks associated with reliance on collaborative partners for further clinical trials, development and commercialization of product candidates and Cyclacel’s ability to regain and maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements. 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USA News Group Commentary Issued on behalf of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group – Optimism is on the rise in fight against cancer, as researchers are making progress across the field of oncology. Helping to spur on the momentum, philanthropists recently gave a historic $150 million for pancreatic cancer research to City of Hope, while Stanford experts are calling for more massive federal funding increases to cancer research. According to the latest Cancer Progress Report from the American Association for Cancer Research, the USA has seen a 33% reduction in the overall cancer death rate from 1991 to 2021. Working behind the scenes are several biotech and biopharma companies who've recently made significant developments in the field of oncology, including O ncolytics Biotech Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC), Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NRIX), Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN), and Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: FHTX). Building on the impressive momentum from its BRACELET-1 breast cancer study, O ncolytics Biotech Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC) continues to advance its flagship therapy, pelareorep, toward a pivotal, registration-enabling study. The recent BRACELET-1 Phase 2 trial results have generated a surge of optimism, with over half of the patients in the pelareorep arm still alive at the study's end—a remarkable achievement that underscores the potential of this innovative cancer therapy. The median overall survival (OS) for patients treated with pelareorep combined with paclitaxel has not yet been reached, with estimates suggesting a 32-month survival benefit compared to just 18 months for the control arm. This outcome, along with a 64% two-year survival rate for the pelareorep group, highlights the therapy's potential to significantly improve patient outcomes in HR+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer. "The fact that the median overall survival was not reached because more than half the patients were still alive at the end of the study is a remarkable achievement for us," said Wayne Pisano, Interim CEO and Chair of Oncolytics' Board of Directors. "It shows just how promising pelareorep treatment can be for extending the lives of breast cancer patients. This is further exemplified by the near doubling of the 2-year survival rate for patients who received pelareorep combination therapy." These promising results mirror the earlier success of the IND-213 study, which secured FDA Fast Track Designation for pelareorep in 2017. Combined, these two trials reinforce the growing belief in pelareorep's ability to make a substantial impact in oncology. Within the latest update on pelareorep's latest breast cancer study were plenty of reasons to build optimism, corroborating results of its previous randomized IND-213 breast cancer study that led to an FDA Fast Track Designation in 2017. "Taken together, the BRACELET-1 results provide compelling support for the potential of pelareorep-based combination therapy to benefit patients with advanced or metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer," said Thomas Heineman, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer at Oncolytics. "Having recently discussed with the FDA key design elements for our next breast cancer study, in combination with the strong survival data from the BRACELET-1 and IND-213 studies, we are confident in our plan to conduct a registration-enabling study to assess pelareorep-based combination therapy in patients with advanced HR+/HER2- breast cancer." As Oncolytics pushes forward, the stage is now set for the next chapter in pelareorep's journey—a registration-enabling study that could bring this promising therapy closer to becoming a vital tool in the fight against breast cancer. Clinical stage biopharma company Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NRIX) is developing targeted protein modulation drugs designed to treat patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases. Recently, Nurix presented at the ADC & Radiopharmaceuticals Pharma & Biotech Partnering Summit in Boston, with a presentation titled Targeted Protein Degraders as Next Generation Antibody Payloads. Back in Q2 2024, Nurix also presented positive clinical data at the European Hematology Association Congress (EHA2024) supporting a potential best-in-class profile for NX-5948, its orally bioavailable degrader of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). NX-5948 demonstrated an objective response rate (ORR) of 69.2% in heavily pretreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients, including in patients with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor resistance mutations and patients with central nervous system (CNS) i "The data presented at EHA2024, reaffirm the best-in-class potential of our protein degradation platform to address the limitations of current inhibitors against challenging targets such as Bruton's tyrosine kinase," said Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of Nurix. "We enter the second half of 2024 well positioned to develop our lead clinical program, NX-5948, into pivotal clinical trials in CLL in 2025 and to continue to advance our wholly owned pipeline of clinical assets, preclinical programs and strategic collaboration programs with Gilead, Sanofi and Pfizer." Recently at the ESMO 2024 Congress, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) gave a mini-oral presentation sharing promising results for its CDK2 inhibitor INCB123667 showing promising evidence of clinical activity in patients with advanced solid tumors, notably ovarian cancer. Of the 37 evaluable participants with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, nine participants (24.3%) experienced an overall response (OR; 2 complete responses [CR] and 7 partial responses [PRs]). The highest OR rate of 31.3% (5 responders, including 2 CRs) was found in the 50mg BID cohort (16 evaluable participants). Additionally, a disease control rate (DCR) of 75.7% (28/37) was achieved in patients with ovarian cancer. "The early-stage clinical activity of INCB123667 represents an exciting and promising breakthrough for patients with ovarian cancer," said Pablo Cagnoni M.D., President, Head of Research and Development, Incyte. "We believe this novel CDK2 inhibitor has the potential to be a foundational treatment for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, offering a new and differentiated treatment for patients who currently have limited treatment options. We look forward to advancing the development of INCB123667 for the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer both as a single agent and in combination." At both the ESMO 2024 Congress and IASLC 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) presented progress across its differentiated oncology portfolio and pipeline. Regeneron first shared five-year survival data on Libtayo (PD-1 inhibitor) first-line monotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at IASLC 2024, then shared longer-term results with investigational fianlimab (LAG-3 inhibitor) plus Libtayo from initial trial in advanced melanoma showing high clinical activity, including deepening responses, per a blinded independent central review. "The breadth of our presentations at ESMO and WCLC underscore our progress in advancing treatment approaches for cancer that have the potential to be among the best in their class," said Israel Lowy, MD, PhD, Clinical Development Unit Head, Oncology, at Regeneron. "At WCLC, five-year outcomes for Libtayo monotherapy in advanced NSCLC reinforce its position as the anti-PD-1 backbone of our oncology portfolio. At ESMO, the latest two-year data for our LAG-3 inhibitor fianlimab combined with Libtayo show persistent and high clinical activity in advanced melanoma patients. As our portfolio and pipeline mature, the insights from these data are helping us advance our differentiated and novel combination approaches – all with the goal of transforming care for those living with cancer." Within its Q2 2024 financial and corporate update, Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: FHTX) stated it expects topline Phase 1 dose escalation data for its FHD-286 in combination with decitabine in relapsed and/or refractory AML patients to come in Q4 2024, and dosing of its first patient in a Phase 1 trial for FHD-909, a potential first-in-class SMARCA2 selective inhibitor for a primary target population in SMARCA4 mutated NSCLC to come in H2 2024. "We anticipate topline data from our Phase 1 combination trial with FHD-286 in patients with relapsed and/or refractory AML in the fourth quarter of 2024," said Adrian Gottschalk, President and CEO of Foghorn. "We believe FHD-286 has the potential to be a first-in-class, mutation-agnostic differentiation therapeutic. Additionally, the IND for FHD-909 cleared in May and we anticipate FHD-909 to be the first SMARCA2 selective inhibitor to enter the clinic. Dosing of the first patient in our Phase 1 trial, with primary target population in SMARCA4 mutated NSCLC, is planned for the second half of the year. 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Company on track to present data from key clinical studies of azenosertib in the fourth quarter of 2024SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zentalis® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNTL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing clinically differentiated small molecule therapeutics targeting fundamental biological pathways of cancers, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the partial clinical hold on studies of azenosertib, the Company’s novel, selective, and orally bioavailable inhibitor of WEE1. The FDA has cleared the Company to resume enrollment in all ongoing azenosertib clinical studies with no changes in the clinical development plan. Zentalis will be working with clinical trial investigators to resume study activities across the azenosertib development program as quickly as possible. "We are grateful to the FDA for their collaboration and review of our complete response package, which included a comprehensive safety assessment of the azenosertib program,” said Kimberly Blackwell, M.D., Chief Executive Officer. “We are extremely pleased with the successful resolution of the partial clinical hold. Our confidence in the therapeutic index of azenosertib has been unwavering, and we continue to believe in the potential for this treatment to address unmet medical needs faced by people living with gynecologic malignancies.” At a corporate event later this year, Zentalis will present azenosertib monotherapy data and provide additional updates to azenosertib clinical development and other data presentation timelines. The Company remains on track to meet all previously disclosed data guidance for the remainder of 2024. About Azenosertib Azenosertib is a novel, selective, and orally bioavailable inhibitor of WEE1 currently being evaluated in monotherapy and combination clinical studies in ovarian cancer and additional tumor types. WEE1 acts as a master regulator of the G1-S and G2-M cell cycle checkpoints, through negative regulation of both CDK1 and CDK2, to prevent replication of cells with damaged DNA. By inhibiting WEE1, azenosertib enables cell cycle progression, despite high levels of DNA damage, thereby resulting in the accumulation of DNA damage and leading to mitotic catastrophe and cancer cell death. About Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Zentalis® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing clinically differentiated small molecule therapeutics targeting fundamental biological pathways of cancers. The Company’s lead product candidate, azenosertib (ZN-c3), is a potentially first-in-class and best-in-class WEE1 inhibitor for advanced solid tumors. Azenosertib is being evaluated as a monotherapy and in combination across multiple clinical trials and has broad franchise potential. In clinical trials, azenosertib has been well tolerated and has demonstrated anti-tumor activity as a single agent across multiple tumor types and in combination with several chemotherapy backbones. As part of its azenosertib clinical development program, the Company is exploring enrichment strategies targeting tumors of high genomic instability, such as Cyclin E1 positive tumors, homologous recombination deficient tumors and tumors with oncogenic driver mutations. The Company is also leveraging its extensive experience and capabilities across cancer biology and medicinal chemistry to advance its research on protein degraders. Zentalis has operations in San Diego. For more information, please visit www.zentalis.com. Follow Zentalis on X/Twitter at @ZentalisP and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/zentalis-pharmaceuticals. 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