GamaMabs’ Glyco-Engineered Murlentamab Shows Promise in Colorectal, Gynecological Cancers

Murlentamab Phase II results indicate its potential for use in combination with chemotherapy or other immunological agents, to target AMHRII-expressing tumors.

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Murlentamab could help other agents tackle cancer

A glyco-engineered antibody from French firm GamaMabs Pharma SA has demonstrated longer than expected progression-free survival rates in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer also treated with trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI – Lonsurf). The improvement was especially marked in patients with medium to high expression of anti-Müllerian hormone receptor II (AMHRII), which the antibody, murlentamab, is designed to target.

The Phase II results presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer in Barcelona, Spain,...

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