FAILED TRIAL: CARMEN-LC03 trial did not meet dual primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival; tusamitamab ravtansine clinical development program will be discontinued

Dietmar Berger, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development, said, “Our team is grateful to the patients, families and healthcare professionals involved in the tusamitamab ravtansine development program. Although the results are not what we hoped for, our research and work to advance potentially transformative therapies in areas of high unmet need for people living with cancer will not stop. We will continue to explore the potential of CEACAM5 as a biomarker in cancer types where it is highly expressed.”
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