Nectin Therapeutics Announces Extended Series A Financing to Over $25M and Initiation of Patient Dosing in Ph 1 Trial of NTX1088 for Advanced Solid Tumors
“PVR blockade by NTX1088, with its first-in-class differentiated mechanism of action, has demonstrated compelling preclinical anti-tumor activity both as a monotherapy and in combination with other cancer immunotherapies,” said Dr. Pini Tsukerman, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Nectin. “Importantly, NTX1088 has potent activity in ICI refractive models where TIGIT or PD-1 blockade has failed to show a benefit.”
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