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Oncolytics Biotech(R) to Host Key Opinion Leader Meeting on the Emerging Role of Biomarkers and Oncolytic Viruses in the Treatment of Cancer
Meeting and webcast scheduled for Thursday, April 11 in New York City CALGARY, AB and S...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Oncolytics Biotech(R) to Host Key Opinion Leader Meeting on the Emerging Role of Biomarkers and Oncolytic Viruses in the Treatment of CancerMeeting and webcast scheduled for Thursday, April 11 in New York City CALGARY, AB and SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 4, 2019 / Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC), currently developing pelareorep, an intravenously delivered immuno-oncolytic virus, today announced that it will host a Key Opinion Leader meeting to discuss the emerging role of biomarkers and oncolytic viruses in the treatment of cancer on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 12 pm EDT in New York City.The event will feature presentations by company management and Key Opinion Leader Dirk Arnold MD, PhD, Executive Board Member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) & Chief of Oncology at Asklepios Klinik Altona, who will discuss biomarkers, their importance in trials, their influence on large pharma and their impact in both clinical and commercial settings, as well as recent biomarker data from Oncolytics. This will be followed by a brief outline of how Oncolytics' biomarker strategy is influencing the Company's clinical development plan, specifically its phase 3 program in metastatic breast cancer. Dr. Arnold will be available to answer questions at the conclusion of the event.Oncolytics' management team will also provide an overview of the ongoing development of pelareorep, the Company's first-in-class intravenously delivered immuno-oncolytic virus (IOV) for the treatment of solid tumors and hematological malignancies. Pelareorep is a non-pathogenic, proprietary isolate of the unmodified reovirus. It induces selective tumor lysis and promotes an inflamed tumor phenotype through innate and adaptive immune responses to treat a variety of cancers, including metastatic breast cancer, multiple myeloma, and pancreatic cancer.Dr. Arnold is Professor, Chief Physician, Haematology and Internal Oncology, at Asklepios Klinik Altona. He is the Chairman of the Colorectal Cancer Study Group of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie (AIO) and is a member of the Task Force Colorectal Cancer and the Board of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Study Group of the EORTC. He is a key member of several German and other international cancer societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the...