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KAHR Reports Dose Escalation Results from Phase I Trial of DSP107 in Combination with anti-PD-L1 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

May 31, 2023

Myeloma Investment Fund portfolio company KAHR, a clinical-stage biotech company developing DSP107, a novel, bi-specific CD47x4-1BB targeting immunotherapy that activates innate and adaptive immunity to treat solid tumors and blood cancers, today announced positive results from the dose escalation Phase I study of DSP107 in combination with atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1) in patients with advanced solid tumors. The results will be presented as a poster in the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2023 Annual Meeting, to be held June 2-6, in Chicago, IL.

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Cullinan Oncology to Present First Monotherapy Clinical Data for CLN-619, a Novel Anti-Mica/B Antibody, at ASCO 2023

May 25, 2023

Cullinan Oncology, Inc. today announced first monotherapy clinical data from its Phase 1 study of CLN-619 in patients with advanced solid tumors. Findings from the clinical trial will be shared at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting as a poster presentation during the “Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy” session (poster # 2532) on June 3, 2023 from 8:00 AM-11:00 AM Central Time. CLN-619 is being studied in an ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial both as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors.

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Indapta Therapeutics Announces U.S. FDA Clearance of IND for IDP-023, an Allogeneic Natural Killer (NK) Cell Therapy for Cancer

May 17, 2023

Myeloma Investment Fund portfolio company Indapta Therapeutics has announced an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to commence its first-in-human phase 1 trial in patients with multiple myeloma and lymphoma. The study is anticipated to begin in the second half of 2023. It will explore three different dose levels of Indapta’s G-NK cells alone and in combination with interleukin-2 and the monoclonal antibodies, rituximab and daratumumab.

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Myeloma Investment Fund Invests in Nectin Therapeutics to Evaluate Nectin’s Anti-PVR Lead Drug Candidate as a Treatment for Multiple Myeloma

May 16, 2023

Nectin Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing novel targeted immunotherapies to address tumor immune resistance, and the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF), the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s (MMRF) venture philanthropy subsidiary, today announced that the MIF has invested in Nectin Therapeutics to explore the potential of NTX1088, Nectin’s first-in-class lead immunotherapy drug candidate, for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

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