Trethera Receives $2.7M NIH Grant for TRE-515 to Overcome KRAS Inhibitor Resistance in Lung Cancer
“Securing this NIH lung cancer grant continues our multiple indication momentum, coming less than six months after receiving FDA Fast Track designation for prostate cancer. Such dual external validations are rare and substantiate the strength of our scientific rationale and clinical observations,” said Dr. Ken Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Trethera. “Combining TRE-515 with targeted KRAS therapies, is intended to exploit a metabolic vulnerability in NSCLC and address the significant unmet need for the 60% of patients who do not respond to KRASi monotherapy and those who experience relapse.”
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