Can ALX Break The CD47 Curse?

The company presented promising Phase II data at the ASCO-GI conference for evorpacept, a drug whose target has been problematic for other drug makers.

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Phase II data for ALX Oncology’s evorpacept in gastric cancer raises the possibility that the company can succeed in an immunotherapy field that even some large drug companies have exited due to results that did not meet expectations.

The company presented data on 23 January at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Oncology’s Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium from the Phase II ASPEN-06 trial of the CD47-targeting drug evorpacept plus the combination of trastuzumab (Roche’s Herceptin and biosimilars), ramucirumab (Eli Lilly’s Cyramza) and paclitaxel (TRP), versus

Key Takeaways
  • ALX presented data from the Phase II ASPEN-06 study of evorpacept in gastric and GEJ cancer at the ASCO-GI conference, showing improvements in PFS among HER2-positive subpopulations.
  • The company plans to provide updates on next steps for the program in the second quarter after meeting with the FDA

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