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Xencor, MorphoSys and Incyte Enter into Global Development Collaboration for Tafasitamab in Combination with Plamotamab
MONROVIA, Calif. & PLANEGG/MUNICH, Germany & WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xencor (NASDAQ: XNCR), MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, MDAX
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[{"type":"text","content":" MONROVIA, Calif. & PLANEGG/MUNICH, Germany & WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nXencor (NASDAQ: XNCR), MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, MDAX & TecDAX; NASDAQ: MOR) and Incyte (NASDAQ: INCY) today announced a clinical collaboration to investigate the combination of tafasitamab, plamotamab and lenalidomide in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), first-line DLBCL, and relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL).\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201111005844/en/\n‟Xencor is pleased to partner with MorphoSys and Incyte to advance the development of plamotamab, our CD20 x CD3 XmAb® bispecific antibody that has demonstrated encouraging clinical activity as a monotherapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma,” said Bassil Dahiyat, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer at Xencor. “Plamotamab, which redirects T cells to tumors, and tafasitamab, a CD19-directed XmAb antibody, combine powerful and distinct immune pathways, and this collaboration is designed to enable us to generate new clinical insights and accelerate development timelines for patients who may need additional therapeutic options. It builds upon many years of partnership between Xencor and MorphoSys following MorphoSys’ in-licensing of tafasitamab in 2010.”\n\n‟Tafasitamab in combination with lenalidomide is an important new relapsed/refractory DLBCL treatment option for appropriate patients in the United States today, and its mechanism of action, efficacy and safety profile make it an attractive combination partner,” said Jean-Paul Kress, M.D., chief executive officer of MorphoSys. “We believe that tafasitamab as a backbone can add value to new combinations such as with CD20 x CD3 bispecifics, and we are excited about this collaboration with Xencor and Incyte aiming to help more patients in areas of unmet need.”\n\n‟This collaboration has the potential to advance patient care and Incyte is proud to join Xencor and MorphoSys in evaluating this new combination approach for these serious cancers,” said Hervé Hoppenot, chief executive officer of Incyte.\n\nXencor’s plamotamab is a tumor-targeted bispecific antibody that contains both a CD20 binding domain and a cytotoxic T-cell binding domain (CD3). Tafasitamab is MorphoSys' CD19-directed antibody w...