Breda, the Netherlands / Ghent, Belgium – argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced three presentations at the the upcoming 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting being held from December 7-10, 2019 in Orlando, FL. The presentations will include preclinical translational data highlighting the multiple modes of action of cusatuzumab to target leukemic stem cells, potential synergies of cusatuzumab in combination with a BCL-2 antagonist, and previously announced data from the Company’s completed Phase 2 trial of efgartigimod for primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).
Details for the oral presentations are as follows:
Title: Targeting CD70 with Cusatuzumab Eliminates Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells in Humans
Oral Session: 616. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Novel Targets and Combinations
Date and Time: Saturday, December 7, 3:15 p.m. ET
Location: Orange County Convention Center, Chapin Theater, W320
Presenter: Dr. Adrian Ochsenbein, M.D., University of Bern
Title: Phase 2 Study of Efgartigimod, a Novel FcRn Antagonist, in Adult Patients with Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia
Oral Session: 311. Disorders of Platelet Number or Function: Advances in ITP Therapy
Date and Time: Monday, December 9, 6:15 p.m. ET
Location: Orange County Convention Center, W307
Presenter: Dr. Adrian Newland, M.D., The Royal London Hospital
Details for the poster presentation are as follows:
Title: The Combination of the BCL-2 Antagonist Venetoclax with the CD70-Targeting Antibody Cusatuzumab Synergistically Eliminates Primary Human Leukemia Stem Cells
Session: 616. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Poster III
Date & Time: Monday, December 9, 2019, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Orange County Convention Center, Hall B
Presenter: Dr. Carsten Riether, Ph.D., University of Bern
About argenx
argenx is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe auto-immune diseases and cancer. The company is focused on developing product candidates with the potential to be either first-in-class against novel targets or best-in-class against known, but complex, targets in order to treat diseases with a significant unmet medical need. argenx’s ability to execute on this focus is enabled by its suite of differentiated technologies. The SIMPLE Antibody™ Platform, based on the powerful llama immune system, allows argenx to exploit novel and complex targets, and its three complementary Fc engineering technologies are designed to expand the therapeutic index of its product candidates.
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Beth DelGiacco, Vice President, Investor Relations
+1 518 424 4980
bdelgiacco@argenx.com
Joke Comijn, Director Corporate Communications & Investor Relations (EU)
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+32 (0)9 310 34 19
info@argenx.com
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