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Aadi Bioscience Announces Collaborations with Next Generation Sequencing Leaders
Company enters into collaborations with leading next generation sequencing (NGS) companies to facilitate trial enrollment for PRECISION 1, the Company’s Phase
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[{"type":"text","content":"Company enters into collaborations with leading next generation sequencing (NGS) companies to facilitate trial enrollment for PRECISION 1, the Company’s Phase 2 registrational trialCollaborations will expedite identification of advanced cancer patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 and 2 (“TSC1” and “TSC2”) inactivating alterations, a population with a projected US incidence of approximately 12,000 patients LOS ANGELES, May 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing precision therapies for genetically-defined cancers with alterations in mTOR pathway genes, today announced partnerships with prominent next generation sequencing (NGS) providers and leaders in genomic testing and profiling, including Foundation Medicine, Tempus and others. We expect these collaborations to expedite patient identification for the ongoing PRECISION 1 trial of nab-sirolimus in patients harboring tumors with inactivating alterations in TSC1 or TSC2 genes. Neil Desai, PhD, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aadi, stated, “We are very pleased to have these leading NGS partnerships in place. Recently published data project an incidence of approximately 12,000 advanced cancer patients with TSC1 or TSC2 definite impact alterations in the US. These collaborations should help physicians to identify patients who may be candidates for nab-sirolimus in our PRECISION 1 registrational trial. We expect to report preliminary data from this trial in the first half of next year.” Loretta Itri, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Aadi, stated, “We are excited to announce partnerships with the leading molecular diagnostic companies, including Foundation Medicine, Tempus and others. Many of our clinical trial sites had already been utilizing the NGS reports provided by these companies. Now our partnerships will allow us to also leverage their established patient enrollment programs, which we believe will significantly augment our efforts to identify and recruit patients with TSC1 and TSC2 alterations for our PRECISION 1 registrational trial. We are pleased with our progress to-date and remain confident we will meet our enrollment goals.” These partners will collect and analyze clinical and molecular data to determine which patients may be eligible to participate in ...