Avenzo Therapeutics Announces Clinical Study Collaboration with Gilead Sciences to Evaluate AVZO-021 and Trodelvy® in HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer
“We are excited to advance our oncology pipeline by entering this clinical collaboration with Gilead to evaluate the combination potential of AVZO-021,” said Athena Countouriotis, M.D., Co-founder, President and CEO of Avenzo Therapeutics. “We continue to believe AVZO-021 is a potential best-in-class CDK2 selective inhibitor that may provide a new treatment option to patients. We look forward to initiating combination cohorts with Trodelvy, as well as CDK4/6 inhibitors, in the Phase 1b portion of the ongoing clinical study in the fourth quarter of 2024.”
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