ESMO: Ayala In Shadow Of SpringWorks In Rare Cancer Race

Israeli Biotech’s Stock Down Despite Desmoid Tumor Success

The companies’ respective gamma-secretase inhibitors provided positive data for desmoid tumors at the ESMO congress but SpringWork’s nirogacestat impressed the most.

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Ayala in the desmoid tumor ring • Source: Shutterstock

Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has heralded data from a Phase II/III trial on its investigational drug, AL102, for desmoid tumors, although investors seem concerned that the Israel-headquartered biotech has much to do to compete with rival SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc.'s nirogacestat.

The company unveiled updated interim results at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in Paris from part A of the ongoing RINGSIDE pivotal trial evaluating AL102, an oral gamma-secretase inhibitor for desmoid tumors

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