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Pyxis Oncology Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
- Recently reported positive preliminary data from Phase 1 dose escalation trial of micvotabart pelidotin (“MICVO,” formerly PYX-201), including a confirmed 50% objective response rate by RECIST 1.1 in recurrent and metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) - Received Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for MICVO for the treatment of adult patients with R/M HNSCC whose disease has progressed following treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy and
About this update from Pyxis Oncology, Inc.
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