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Zymeworks Highlights 2019 Achievements and Announces Corporate Priorities
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zymeworks Inc. (NYSE: ZYME), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nZymeworks Inc. (NYSE: ZYME), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional biotherapeutics, today highlighted its key accomplishments in 2019 and updated its corporate priorities. Zymeworks also announced multiple clinical program advances for its lead candidates, ZW25 and ZW49.\n\n\nRecent ZW25 and ZW49 Program Advances\n\n\n\nZymeworks initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ZW25 in combination with Ibrance® (palbociclib), an oral CDK4/6 inhibitor, and the hormone therapy fulvestrant with the goal of providing a chemotherapy-free treatment option to people with advanced HER2-positive, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Zymeworks entered into a clinical collaboration with Pfizer to advance the study.\n\n\nZW25 achieved two additional regulatory milestones, recently being granted Fast Track and Orphan Drug Designations by the FDA in refractory biliary tract cancer (BTC). These were ZW25’s second Fast Track and third Orphan Drug Designations. ZW25 already holds a Fast Track Designation for 1st line gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (GEA) and Orphan Drug Designations for GEA and ovarian cancer.\n\n\nAn interim update from the ongoing ZW49 Phase 1 dose-escalation study highlighted that there have been no dose-limiting toxicities observed and the maximum tolerated dose has not been reached. With over ten patients treated, the majority of treatment-related adverse events have been grade 1 or 2, and were reversible and manageable on an outpatient basis. Importantly, preliminary results from these initial dose cohorts include anti-tumor activity.\n\n\n\n“Our significant achievements in 2019 demonstrate that we are executing on our vision to establish ZW25 as the foundational HER2 therapy across the spectrum of HER2-expressing cancers and lines of therapy,” said Ali Tehrani, Ph.D., President and CEO at Zymeworks. “As our second therapeutic candidate, ZW49, continues to advance in the clinic, we are excited about its transformative potential for both patients with HER2-expressing cancers and for the development of future antibody-drug conjugate therapies. With a visionary leadership team, key hires company-wide, and a strong financial position, we are ready to deliver on our clinical programs and partnering priorities for 2020.”\n\n\n2019 Achievements\n\n\...