First Patient Dosed in Ph 1b/2a Trial of Bemcentinib in 1L NSCLC with STK11 Mutations

“Approximately 20% of non-squamous NSCLC patients harbor STK11m and do not currently have effective treatment options,” said Martin Olin, Chief Executive Officer of BerGenBio. “One specific attribute of this group is that they almost all demonstrate high levels of AXL activation. We are elated to have dosed the first patient in our trial and to continue our evaluation of bemcentinib and its ability to inhibit AXL to revive STK11m NSCLC patients’ response to checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy.”

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