FDA Fast Track Designation for LOAd703 for the treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
This is an important milestone for Lokon Pharma, said Dr. Angelica Loskog (CEO/CSO). She continues, “Pancreatic cancer is a remaining challenge within immune oncology. Lokon’s LOAd703 gene engineers the TME to express strong immune activators and thereby induces an inflammation that can sensitize these patients to traditional immunotherapy with checkpoint blockade antibodies. LOAd703 is currently evaluated in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel plus an anti-PD-L1 antibody in pancreatic cancer and a randomized phase II study is on the way.”
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