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Zymeworks Announces Presentations at 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
VANCOUVER, British Columbia & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zymeworks Inc. (NYSE: ZYME), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nZymeworks Inc. (NYSE: ZYME), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional biotherapeutics, today announced, in conjunction with its Asia Pacific partner BeiGene, the acceptance of two abstracts for poster presentations at the upcoming 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting taking place virtually and in Chicago, IL from June 3 – 7, 2022. The presentations will provide new clinical data from two early-stage studies of zanidatamab in first-line oncology settings.\n\nThe first poster, scheduled for presentation on Saturday, June 4, highlights Phase 1b/2 data of zanidatamab in combination with the CAPOX regimen of chemotherapy and the PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab, for first-line treatment of HER2-positive advanced/metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (GEA). This is the first clinical data presentation of zanidatamab in combination with chemotherapy and a PD-1 inhibitor. The regimen evaluated in this study is also being used in one of the treatment arms of the ongoing Phase 3 HERIZON-GEA-01 study (NCT05152147).\n\nThe second poster, scheduled for presentation on Monday, June 6, includes preliminary Phase 1b/2 data of zanidatamab in combination with docetaxel, for first-line treatment of advanced/metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. This will be the first clinical data presentation of zanidatamab in a first-line setting of advanced/metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.\n\nThe poster presentations will be available on their respective presentation dates on the conference website as well as the Zymeworks website.\n\nPresentation Details\n\nTitle: Zanidatamab, a HER2-targeted bispecific antibody, in combination with chemotherapy and tislelizumab as first-line therapy for patients with advanced HER2-positive gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (G/GJEC): Preliminary results from a Phase 1b/2 study\nAbstract: 4032\nSession Title: Gastrointestinal Cancer – Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary\nDate: Saturday June 4, 2022\nTime: 08:00 –11:00 am CDT\n\nTitle: Zanidatamab, a HER2-targeted bispecific antibody, in combination with docetaxel as first-line therapy for patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer: Preliminary results from a Phase 1b/2 study\nAbstract: 1031\nSession Title: Breast Cancer – Metastatic\nDate: ...