Questions Remain After BioNTech’s Lead Cancer Asset’s Phase III Study Hold

The company and partner OncoC4 remain tight-lipped on what’s behind the partial hold in the NSCLC study of gotistobart, which could impact BioNTech’s nascent oncology plans.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has put on partial hold a Phase III study of BioNTech and OncoC4’s lead cancer asset BNT316/ONC-392 (gotistobart) after a possible variance in outcomes between non-small cell lung cancer patient subgroups being tested was observed.

Gotistobart is a next-generation CTL4 inhibitor, and the two-stage, open-label PRESERVE-003 (NCT05671510) trial is evaluating its safety and efficacy as a monotherapy in patients with metastatic NSCLC who have progressed...

Key Takeaways
  • BioNTech has invested heavily in multiple cancer modalities, and hopes to have its first oncology drug on the market by 2026.
  • That...

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