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Cogent Biosciences Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Three Registration-Directed Top-line Data Readouts Remain on Track in 2025: SUMMIT in NonAdvanced SM expected in July, APEX in Advanced SM expected in second
About this update from Cogent Biosciences, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Three Registration-Directed Top-line Data Readouts Remain on Track in 2025: SUMMIT in NonAdvanced SM expected in July, APEX in Advanced SM expected in second half of the-year and PEAK in GIST expected by end of year Ended 1Q 2025 with $245.7 million in cash, sufficient to fund operations into late 2026 WALTHAM, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo., May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGT), a biotechnology company focused on developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases, today provided a business update and announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. “The first quarter of 2025 was very productive for Cogent as our team focused on executing across our portfolio in preparation for three transformative data readouts this year. We look forward to reporting top-line results from our registration-directed SUMMIT trial with bezuclastinib in patients with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis in July, followed later in the year with top-line results from our APEX and PEAK trials,” said Andrew Robbins, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “While we are preparing for a potential launch of bezuclastinib in 2026, we are also very proud of the progress we have made with our early-stage pipeline, including presentations from four distinct programs recently at the annual AACR conference.” Recent Business Highlights Announced expanded clinical results from the Open Label Extension (OLE) portion of the Company’s ongoing SUMMIT trial evaluating bezuclastinib in patients with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis (NonAdvSM) at the 2025 American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting (AAAAI) meeting. Bezuclastinib showed a 65% mean improvement in Total Symptom Score (TSS) at 48 weeks, including 88% of patients achieving at least a 50% reduction in TSS.The safety profile for bezuclastinib remains favorable, with adverse events reported primarily as low-grade and reversible. No treatment-related bleeding or cognitive impairment was observed. The most common treatment-related adverse events were hair discoloration and transient elevations in liver transaminases. All cases of elevated transaminases were asymptomatic and fully reversible. Presented updated preclinical data from the company’s KRAS, PI3Kα, FGFR2/3 and ErbB2 candidates at the American Association of Can...