Compugen's Phase 1 Trial of COM701 Featured as a Trial-in-Progress at The ASCO-SITC Clinical Immuno-Oncology Symposium
HOLON, Israel, Jan. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN), a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company and leader in predictive target discovery, today announced that its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating COM701, a first-in-class therapeutic antibody targeting PVRIG, will be featured in a trial-in-progress poster at The ASCO-SITC Clinical Immuno-Oncology Symposium, taking place February 28-March 2, 2019, in San Francisco, CA.
The poster titled "A Phase 1 Study Evaluating COM701 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors," will be presented by Drew W. Rasco, M.D, Associate Director of Clinical Research at the South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START), San Antonio, TX and a Principal Investigator in the Phase 1 COM701 study.
The poster abstract is expected to be published on the conference website on February 25, 2019, and will reflect enrolment information as of the date of the abstract submission. The poster presentation will take place on Thursday, February 28, 2019, and will include updated enrolment information.
The poster will be available on Compugen's website at www.cgen.com following the conference presentation.
About Compugen
Compugen is a clinical-stage, therapeutic discovery and development company utilizing its broadly applicable predictive discovery infrastructure to identify novel drug targets and develop first-in-class therapeutics in the field of cancer immunotherapy. The Company's therapeutic pipeline consists of immuno-oncology programs against novel drug targets it has discovered, including T cell immune checkpoints and myeloid target programs. Compugen's business model is to selectively enter into collaborations for its novel targets and related drug product candidates at various stages of research and development. The Company is headquartered in Israel with R&D facilities in both Israel and South San Francisco, CA. Compugen's ordinary shares are listed on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CGEN. For additional information, please visit Compugen's corporate website at www.cgen.com.
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Company contact:
Elana Holzman
Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Compugen Ltd.
Email: elanah@cgen.com
Tel: +972 (3) 765-8124
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Jill Steier
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