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PDS Biotechnology Announces Publication at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2020
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing novel
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[{"type":"text","content":"FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing novel cancer therapies and infectious disease vaccines based on the Company’s proprietary Versamune® T-cell activating technology, today announced the publication of its abstract on preclinical studies of PDS0102 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Virtual Scientific Program being held May 29-31, 2020. The abstract confirms the ability of the Versamune® platform to induce powerful killer T-cell responses across tumor types.\n Versamune® is a proprietary T-cell activating platform technology designed to train the immune system to detect and attack cancer cells. The published data demonstrate that Versamune®, when combined with the proprietary T-cell receptor gamma alternate reading frame protein (TARP), has the ability to activate a powerful killer T-cell response which specifically recognizes and attacks TARP-expressing cancer cells. PDS0102 is being developed to treat prostate and breast cancers, the majority of which express the TARP protein. The results of this study mirror the anti-HPV responses observed with the company’s lead program, PDS0101 which is entering Phase 2 for HPV-associated cancers. “These data being presented at ASCO are significant for our oncology portfolio and highlight the versatility of our Versamune® platform in immuno-oncology,” commented Dr. Lauren V. Wood, Chief Medical Officer of PDS Biotech. “Our ongoing studies continue to demonstrate the ability of our Versamune® platform to induce higher levels of potent, cancer-attacking T-cells in vivo compared to other immunotherapy technologies.” Abstract e15211: “R-DOTAP (Versamune®): A Novel Enantiospecific Cationic Lipid Nanoparticle That Induces CD4 and CD8 Cellular Immune Responses to Whole Protein and Tumor-Specific Peptide Antigens” is available on the ASCO meeting website at abstracts.asco.org. About PDS Biotechnology PDS Biotech is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company with a growing pipeline of cancer immunotherapies and infectious disease vaccines based on the Company’s proprietary Versamune® T-cell activating technology platform. Versamune® effectively delivers disease-specific proteins for in vivo uptake and processing by the immune system, while also activating the critical type 1 ...