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Bristol-Myers Squibb and PsiOxus Therapeutics Announce Immuno-Oncology Clinical Collaboration to Evaluate the Combination of Opdivo and Enadenotucirev

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Additional Relevant Details Opdivo is a PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor currently approved in 50 countries globally for the treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy, in 50 countries globally for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma as mono-or combination therapy, in 34 countries globally for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy and in the U.S. for the treatment of patients with classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (cHL) that has relapsed or progressed after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and post-transplantation brentuximab vedotin.PsiOxus’ enadenotucirev is an oncolytic group B adenovirus therapeutic that is given intravenously and is currently in Phase 1 clinical studies for multiple solid tumor types. Enadenotucirev is a virus that selectively replicates in tumor cells but not in normal cells. Such viruses promote anti-tumor responses through a dual mechanism of action that is dependent on selective tumor cell killing and the induction of systemic anti-tumor immunity. Preclinical data demonstrate that this approach is potentially applicable to a broad range of epithelially derived solid tumors, many of which have compelling unmet needs even when treated with checkpoint inhibitors.Under the terms of this agreement, Bristol-Myers Squibb will make a one-time upfront payment of $10 million to PsiOxus, and the parties will share development costs. PsiOxus will be responsible for conducting the Phase 1 study with patient recruitment expected to start in the third quarter of 2016. Additionally, the companies will work exclusively with each other on anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antagonist antibody and enadenotucirev combination regimens, and Bristol-Myers Squibb will have a time-limited right of exclusive negotiation for commercial rights to enadenotucirev.
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Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 2016
Projected Implementation:
Q2, 2016
Relevance Tracked Until:
Q3, 2016
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Related Keywords Late-stage Cancer, Nivolumab, Opdivo, Metastatic Melanoma, Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Post-transplantation Brentuximab Vedotin, Pd-1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor, Nsclc, Enadenotucirev, Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant