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High DAR Dual-Payload ADC Sutro unveils unique cell-free capabilities Proprietary cell-free platform enables the design of next-generation ADCs intended to broaden addressable patient populations STRO-004 (tissue factor ADC) preclinical data has demonstrated greater anti-tumor activity and lower toxicity compared to a benchmark tissue factor ADC Preclinical models highlight potent anti-tumor activity of Sutro dual-payload (ADC 2 ) and immunostimulatory (iADC) ADCs Expects to deliver three Investigational New Drug (IND) applications over the next three years with potential for best in class Investor webcast today at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET; SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (Sutro or the Company) (NASDAQ: STRO), a clinical-stage oncology company pioneering site-specific and novel-format antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), is hosting an investor webcast today highlighting its proprietary cell-free platform and its use to design and develop next-generation ADC innovation, including a near-term pipeline of differentiated programs with potential across a broad range of tumor types. The presentation will include an overview of Sutro’s strategic approach with the goal of improving the therapeutic index of ADCs. It will also provide details on the Company’s early-stage ADC pipeline, including STRO-004 (tissue factor-targeting ADC), dual-payload ADCs (ADC 2 ) and immunostimulatory ADCs (iADC). “The precise design enabled by Sutro’s cell-free platform has allowed us to develop ADCs with a wide range of features that are not currently possible with other cell-bound approaches,” said Hans-Peter Gerber, Ph.D., Sutro’s Chief Scientific Officer. “This includes the ability to safely increase potency and combine different payloads to overcome specific limitations such as tumor resistance. Today we are highlighting key data supporting our advancements in these areas, along with the long-term potential of our platform to deliver new ADC innovation. This includes plans for three IND filings for wholly owned programs over the next three years and the advancement of additional differentiated preclinical programs for internal development or external partnering.” The event will feature presentations by members of Sutro’s senior management team, functional leaders and Peter Sandor, M.D., EVP and Head of Corporate Strategy at Astellas Pharma (previously SVP, Primary Focus Lead Immuno-Oncology at Astellas, with responsibility for the Sutro-Astellas strategic collaboration to advance iADCs). Sutro management will participate in a Q&A session at the end of the presentation. Next-Generation ADC Innovation: Making ADCs better outside the tumor: Sutro’s proprietary cell-free platform enables key elements of ADC design that are intended to reduce platform toxicities associated with current-generation ADCs, including interstitial lung disease; skin, eye, liver and kidney toxicities; and thrombocytopenia. This includes transformational technology across the design of antibodies, payloads, linker and conjugation chemistry that have been demonstrated in preclinical models to reduce toxicities and improve pharmacokinetics. Making ADCs better inside the tumor: Sutro highlights three approaches enabled by its cell-free platform: 1) increasing potency safely with higher drug-antibody ratio (DAR) exatecan ADCs; 2) combining payloads to overcome tumor resistance with dual-payload ADCs (ADC 2 ); and 3) delivering next-generation immuno-oncology therapeutics with immunostimulatory ADCs (iADC) that combine immune activation with cytotoxic payloads. Data Highlights and Near-Term Pipeline Milestones: STRO-004, a tissue factor-targeting ADC, which features a DAR8 exatecan payload and site-specific linker design, demonstrated greater anti-tumor activity and lower toxicities than a tissue factor benchmark ADC in preclinical models. Sutro anticipates filing an IND for STRO-004 with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in the second half of 2025. Dual-payload ADCs (ADC 2 ) provide therapeutic benefits compared to standard ADCs, including overcoming tumor resistance mechanisms, showing increased anti-tumor activity and desirable properties in preclinical models. iADCs provide a novel mechanism of action, bridging innate and adaptive immunity to enable broad protection in a single molecule, and show increased and durable anti-tumor activity in a preclinical model compared to standalone ADCs or immune-stimulating antibody conjugates. Sutro’s proprietary and partnered preclinical ADC portfolio has potential across a broad range of tumor types and the Company plans to deliver three INDs over the next three years, including for STRO-004 in the second half of 2025. The Company also intends to advance a deep pipeline of preclinical programs, providing further potential for internal development and/or partnering. Webcast Information: To access the live audio webcast beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET, please go to . An archived replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website following the event. About Sutro Biopharma Sutro Biopharma, Inc., is a clinical-stage company relentlessly focused on the discovery and development of precisely designed cancer therapeutics, to transform what science can do for patients. Sutro’s fit-for-purpose technology, including cell-free XpressCF ® , provides the opportunity for broader patient benefit and an improved patient experience. Sutro has multiple clinical stage candidates, including luveltamab tazevibulin, or luvelta, a registrational-stage folate receptor alpha (FolRα)-targeting ADC in clinical studies. A robust pipeline, coupled with high-value collaborations and industry partnerships, validates Sutro’s continuous product innovation. Sutro is headquartered in South San Francisco. For more information, follow Sutro on social media @Sutrobio, or visit . Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, anticipated preclinical and clinical development activities, including enrollment and site activation; timing of announcements of clinical results, trial initiation, and regulatory filings; potential benefits of luvelta and the Company’s other product candidates and platform; potential market opportunities for luvelta and the Company’s other product candidates; and the Company’s expected cash runway. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future events, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and the timing and results of biotechnology development and potential regulatory approval is inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual activities or results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, including risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s ability to advance its product candidates, the receipt and timing of potential regulatory designations, approvals and commercialization of product candidates and the Company’s ability to successfully leverage Fast Track designation, the market size for the Company’s product candidates to be smaller than anticipated, clinical trial sites, supply chain and manufacturing facilities, the Company’s ability to maintain and recognize the benefits of certain designations received by product candidates, the timing and results of preclinical and clinical trials, the Company’s ability to fund development activities and achieve development goals, the Company’s ability to protect intellectual property, the value of the Company’s holdings of Vaxcyte common stock, and the Company’s commercial collaborations with third parties and other risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” in documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at CONTACT: Contact Emily White Sutro Biopharma (650) 823-7681 ewhite@sutrobio.com

Exelixis said its tissue factor (TF)-targeting antibody-drug conjugate “is unlikely to improve upon” tisotumab vedotin—an approved TF-focused ADC marketed for cervical cancer as Tivdak. Exelixis is giving up on its tissue factor (TF)-targeting antibody-drug conjugate after concluding the candidate was unlikely to best Pfizer and Genmab’s Tivdak.The biotech had been evaluating the ADC, dubbed XB002, in the phase 1 JEWEL-101 trial in advanced solid tumors and said that it would unveil the data “at a later date.” But, based on what the company has seen so far, Exelixis said the compound “is unlikely to improve upon” tisotumab vedotin—an approved TF-focused ADC marketed for cervical cancer as Tivdak—“or other competitor TF-targeting ADCs currently in development.”Resources from the XB002 program will be reallocated to the late-stage tyrosine kinase inhibitor zanzalintinib, as well as the phase 1 USP1 inhibitor XL309 and the biotech’s “growing pipeline,” Exelixis said in its second-quarter earnings release.Exelixis isn’t ready to give up on ADCs quite yet. The company pointed out that XB371, its ADC consisting of a topoisomerase payload conjugated to a TF-targeting monoclonal antibody, remains in preclinical development.In his statement to accompany the release, Exelixis CEO Michael Morrissey, Ph.D., focused the spotlight on Cabometyx, which is already approved for renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma and thyroid cancer. The Ipsen-partnered tyrosine kinase inhibitor brought in $433.3 million in net U.S. revenues in the second quarter and the FDA is mulling an application to approve the drug in advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). “We’re actively preparing for launch and excited at the prospect of bringing this new treatment option to previously treated advanced NET patients with high unmet medical need,” Morrissey said.“At the same time, we are prioritizing our clinical pipeline with plans to initiate a new phase 3 pivotal trial for zanzalintinib in NET, advance phase 1 efforts for XL309 and XB010, and discontinue development of XB002,” the CEO added.“In our view, Exelixis enters 2024 at an inflection point, in which the growth of its flagship Cabometyx franchise is stabilizing while pipeline programs, especially zanzalintinib, are holding increasing responsibility to offset Cabometyx’s market exclusivity expiry in 2031,” William Blair analysts said in an Aug. 7 note.“In the midterm, NETs and [metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer] could emerge as material growth opportunities for the franchise,” the analysts added.It’s been a year of change at Exelixis, which laid off 175 employees—equivalent to around 13% of its workforce—in January as part of a broader restructuring aimed at “concentrate[ing] R&D resources to advance our emerging pipeline.”At the time, that strategy included progressing XB002 through a phase 1 trial. Exelixis had licensed the ADC from Iconic Therapeutics back in 2020, citing preclinical data that supported the asset’s “best-in-class potential in treatment of solid tumors.”

Approval across ESA ineligible and ESA relapsed/refractory patients with LR-MDS with transfusion-dependent anemia, regardless of ring sideroblast (RS) status Durable and sustained red blood cell transfusion independence, increases in hemoglobin levels and reduction in transfusion burden observed across key LR-MDS subgroups in the IMerge Phase 3 clinical trial; the most common Grade 3/4 adverse reactions were thrombocytopenia and neutropenia, which were generally manageable and short-lived Lower-risk MDS is a progressive blood cancer with high unmet need, where many patients with anemia become dependent on red blood cell transfusions, which can be associated with clinical consequences and decreased quality of life Conference call with Geron management scheduled at 8am ET on Friday, June 7, 2024 FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to change lives by changing the course of blood cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RYTELO™ (imetelstat) for the treatment of adult patients with low- to intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with transfusion-dependent (TD) anemia requiring four or more red blood cell units over eight weeks who have not responded to or have lost response to or are ineligible for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA). “With the approval and availability of RYTELO, we believe eligible patients with lower-risk MDS can potentially experience meaningful clinical benefit, particularly the potential for greater than 24 weeks of freedom from the burden of red blood cell transfusions and symptomatic anemia,” said John A. Scarlett, M.D., Geron’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “The approval of RYTELO as the first telomerase inhibitor is a testament to the power of our science and the passion of our people to innovate in the field of blood cancer. As we celebrate today’s momentous milestone, I would like to thank the patients and families, advocates, clinicians, study coordinators and site personnel, scientists, and Geron employees and collaborators past and present whose participation was integral to this achievement and to supporting our transformation into a commercial company.” Lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS) is a blood cancer that often progresses to require increasingly intensified management of key symptoms such as anemia and resulting fatigue1. These symptomatic LR-MDS patients frequently become red blood cell transfusion dependent, which has been shown to be associated with short- and long-term clinical consequences that reduce quality of life and shorten survival2,3. There is a high unmet need for many LR-MDS patients, particularly those with characteristics having poorer prognosis. Current treatment options for those failing ESA are limited to select sub-populations and there is an unmet need for treatments that can provide extended and continuous red blood cell transfusion independence. Approval Based on Results from IMerge Phase 3 Clinical Trial “For patients with lower-risk MDS and anemia who are transfusion dependent, we have very few options today and often cycle through available therapies, making the approval of RYTELO potentially practice changing for us,” said Rami Komrokji, MD, Vice Chair, Malignant Hematology Department, Moffitt Cancer Center, who was an investigator of the pivotal IMerge clinical trial. “What is exciting about RYTELO is the totality of the clinical benefit across LR-MDS patients irrespective of ring sideroblast status or high transfusion burden, including sustained and durable transfusion independence and increases in hemoglobin levels, all within a well-characterized safety pro generally manageable cytopenias. The treatment goal for patients with LR-MDS and anemia is transfusion-independence and before today, this wasn’t possible for many patients.” The FDA approval of RYTELO is based on results from the IMerge Phase 3 clinical trial, published in The Lancet4. The IMerge trial met its primary and key secondary endpoints, with RYTELO demonstrating significantly higher rates of red blood cell transfusion independence (RBC-TI) versus placebo for at least eight consecutive weeks (RYTELO 39.8% [95% CI 30.9–49.3]; placebo 15.0% [7.1–26.6]; p<0.001) and for at least 24 weeks (RYTELO 28.0% [95% CI 20.1-37.0]; placebo 3.3% [95% CI 0.4-11.5]; p<0.001). RBC-TI was durable and sustained in the RYTELO treated population, with a median RBC-TI duration for 8-week responders and 24-week responders of approximately 1 year and 1.5 years, respectively. In an exploratory analysis of RYTELO-treated patients achieving ≥8-week RBC-TI, median increases in hemoglobin were 3.6 g/dL for RYTELO and 0.8 g/dL for placebo. Clinically meaningful efficacy results were observed across key MDS subgroups irrespective of ring sideroblast (RS) status, baseline transfusion burden and IPSS risk category. In the IMerge trial, the safety pro RYTELO was well-characterized with generally manageable and short-lived thrombocytopenia and neutropenia, which are familiar side effects for hematologists who are experienced with managing cytopenias. The most common Grade 3/4 adverse reactions were neutropenia (72%) and thrombocytopenia (65%), which lasted a median duration of less than two weeks, and in more than 80% of patients were resolved to Grade < 2 in under four weeks. Cytopenias were generally manageable with dose modifications. The intravenous administration of RYTELO every four weeks aligns to routine blood count monitoring for these patients. The most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥10% with a difference between arms of >5% compared to placebo), including laboratory abnormalities, were decreased platelets (thrombocytopenia), decreased white blood cells, decreased neutrophils (neutropenia), increased aspartate aminotransferase (AST), increased alkaline phosphatase (ALP), increased alanine aminotransferase (ALT), fatigue, prolonged partial thromboplastin time, arthralgia/myalgia, COVID-19 infections, and headache. Clinically relevant adverse reactions in < 5% of patients who received RYTELO included febrile neutropenia, sepsis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and hypertension. Conference Call Details A conference call with Geron management is scheduled at 8am Eastern Time on Friday, June 7, 2024, to discuss the FDA approval and launch of RYTELO. To access the webcast and slides, please visit the Investors & Media page. Participants may access the webcast by registering online using the following link, . About RYTELO™ (imetelstat) RYTELO™ (imetelstat) is an FDA-approved oligonucleotide telomerase inhibitor for the treatment of adult patients with low-to-intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS) with transfusion-dependent anemia requiring four or more red blood cell units over eight weeks who have not responded to or have lost response to or are ineligible for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). It is indicated to be administered as an intravenous infusion over two hours every four weeks. RYTELO is a first-in-class treatment that works by inhibiting telomerase enzymatic activity. Telomeres are protective caps at the end of chromosomes that naturally shorten each time a cell divides. In LR-MDS, abnormal bone marrow cells often express the enzyme telomerase, which rebuilds those telomeres, allowing for uncontrolled cell division. Developed and exclusively owned by Geron, RYTELO is the first and only telomerase inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Geron aims to ensure broad access to RYTELO for eligible patients. Accordingly, our REACH4RYTELO™ Patient Support Program provides a range of resources that support access and affordability to eligible patients prescribed RYTELO. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Thrombocytopenia RYTELO can cause thrombocytopenia based on laboratory values. In the clinical trial, new or worsening Grade 3 or 4 decreased platelets occurred in 65% of patients with MDS treated with RYTELO. Monitor patients with thrombocytopenia for bleeding. Monitor complete blood cell counts prior to initiation of RYTELO, weekly for the first two cycles, prior to each cycle thereafter, and as clinically indicated. Administer platelet transfusions as appropriate. Delay the next cycle and resume at the same or reduced dose, or discontinue as recommended. Neutropenia RYTELO can cause neutropenia based on laboratory values. In the clinical trial, new or worsening Grade 3 or 4 decreased neutrophils occurred in 72% of patients with MDS treated with RYTELO. Monitor patients with Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia for infections, including sepsis. Monitor complete blood cell counts prior to initiation of RYTELO, weekly for the first two cycles, prior to each cycle thereafter, and as clinically indicated. Administer growth factors and anti-infective therapies for treatment or prophylaxis as appropriate. Delay the next cycle and resume at the same or reduced dose, or discontinue as recommended. Infusion-Related Reactions RYTELO can cause infusion-related reactions. In the clinical trial, infusion-related reactions occurred in 8% of patients with MDS treated with RYTELO; Grade 3 or 4 infusion-related reactions occurred in 1.7%, including hypertensive crisis (0.8%). The most common infusion-related reaction was headache (4.2%). Infusion-related reactions usually occur during or shortly after the end of the infusion. Premedicate patients at least 30 minutes prior to infusion with diphenhydramine and hydrocortisone as recommended and monitor patients for one hour following the infusion as recommended. Manage symptoms of infusion-related reactions with supportive care and infusion interruptions, decrease infusion rate, or permanently discontinue as recommended. Embryo-Fetal Toxicity RYTELO can cause embryo-fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with RYTELO and for 1 week after the last dose. ADVERSE REACTIONS Serious adverse reactions occurred in 32% of patients who received RYTELO. Serious adverse reactions in >2% of patients included sepsis (4.2%) and fracture (3.4%), cardiac failure (2.5%), and hemorrhage (2.5%). Fatal adverse reactions occurred in 0.8% of patients who received RYTELO, including sepsis (0.8%). Most common adverse reactions (≥10% with a difference between arms of >5% compared to placebo), including laboratory abnormalities, were decreased platelets, decreased white blood cells, decreased neutrophils, increased AST, increased alkaline phosphatase, increased ALT, fatigue, prolonged partial thromboplastin time, arthralgia/myalgia, COVID-19 infections, and headache. Please see RYTELO (imetelstat) full Prescribing Information, including Medication Guide, available at . About Geron Geron is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to change lives by changing the course of blood cancer. Our first-in-class telomerase inhibitor RYTELO™ (imetelstat) is FDA-approved for the treatment of adult patients with lower-risk MDS with transfusion dependent anemia. We are also conducting a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of imetelstat in JAK-inhibitor relapsed/refractory myelofibrosis (R/R MF), as well as studies in other hematologic malignancies. Inhibiting telomerase activity, which is increased in malignant stem and progenitor cells in the bone marrow, aims to potentially reduce proliferation and induce death of malignant cells. To learn more, visit or follow us on LinkedIn. Use of Forward-Looking Statements Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such statements, include, without limitation, those regarding: (i) Geron’s belief that eligible patients with lower-risk MDS can potentially experience meaningful clinical benefit with RYTELO, particularly the potential for greater than 24 weeks of freedom from the burden of red blood cell transfusions and symptomatic anemia; (ii) an unmet need for new treatments for patients with LR-MDS that can provide extended and continuous red blood cell transfusion independence; (iii) that RYTELO could be practice-changing for hematologists who treat patients with lower-risk MDS and anemia who are transfusion dependent; (iv) the potential for RYTELO to offer a totality of clinical benefit across LR-MDS patients irrespective of ring sideroblast status or high transfusion burden, including sustained and durable transfusion independence and increases in hemoglobin levels, all within a well-characterized safety pro generally manageable cytopenias; (v) that inhibiting telomerase activity aims to potentially reduce proliferation and induce death of malignant cells; (vi) that Geron aims to ensure broad access to RYTELO; (vii) that imetelstat has the potential to demonstrate disease-modifying activity in patients; (viii) that IMpactMF has registrational intent; and (ix) other statements that are not historical facts, constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to: (a) whether Geron is successful in commercializing RYTELO (imetelstat) for the treatment of patients with LR-MDS with transfusion dependent anemia; (b) whether Geron overcomes potential delays and other adverse impacts caused by enrollment, clinical, safety, efficacy, technical, scientific, intellectual property, manufacturing and regulatory challenges in order to have the financial resources for and meet expected timelines and planned milestones; (c) whether regulatory authorities permit the further development of imetelstat on a timely basis, or at all, without any clinical holds; (d) whether any future safety or efficacy results of imetelstat treatment cause the benefit-risk pro imetelstat to become unacceptable; (e) whether imetelstat actually demonstrates disease-modifying activity in patients and the ability to target the malignant stem and progenitor cells of the underlying disease; (f) that Geron may seek to raise substantial additional capital in order to continue the development and commercialization of imetelstat; (g) whether Geron meets its post-marketing requirements and commitments in the U.S. for RYTELO for the treatment of patients with LR-MDS with transfusion dependent anemia; (h) whether there are failures or delays in manufacturing or supplying sufficient quantities of imetelstat or other clinical trial materials that impact commercialization of RYTELO for the treatment of patients with LR-MDS with transfusion dependent anemia or the continuation of the IMpactMF trial; (i) that the projected timing for the interim and final analyses of the IMpactMF trial may vary depending on actual enrollment and death rates in the trial; and (j) whether the EMA will approve RYTELO for the treatment of patients with LR-MDS with transfusion dependent anemia and whether the FDA and EMA will approve imetelstat for other indications on the timelines expected, or at all. Additional information on the above risks and uncertainties and additional risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are contained in Geron’s filings and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in such filings and reports, including Geron’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and subsequent filings and reports by Geron. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made, and the facts and assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements may change. Except as required by law, Geron disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future information, events, or circumstances. 1 Lewis R, Bewersdorf JP, Zeidan AM. Clinical Management of Anemia in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes: An Update on Emerging Therapeutic Options. Cancer Manag Res. 2021 Jan 25;13:645-657. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S240600. PMID: 33531837; PMCID: PMC7846829. 2 Cogle CR, Reddy SR, Chang E, et al. Early treatment initiation in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes produces an earlier and higher rate of transfusion independence. Leuk Res. 2017;60:123-128. 3 Balducci, L. (2006), Transfusion independence in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Cancer, 106: 2087-2094. 4 Platzbecker, U. et al. Imetelstat in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes who have relapsed or are refractory to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (IMerge): a multinational, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet. Volume 403, Issue 10423, P249-260. Jan 20, 2024. 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