SYDNEY, Australia, April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) (“Immutep” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce new data are scheduled to be presented in two poster presentations during the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Annual Meeting, a leading global scientific meeting for oncology professionals, taking place from 29 May – 31 May 2020. This year ASCO is being held in a virtual format due to restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Abstracts and poster presentations will be published on the ASCO website (click here) at 8 a.m. ET on Friday, May 29, 2020. In addition, Immutep will make the data available on its website following its publication at ASCO, at www.immutep.com. About TACTI-002TACTI-002 is being conducted in collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA (known as “MSD” outside the United States and Canada). It is evaluating the combination of efti with MSD’s KEYTRUDA® (or pembrolizumab, an anti-PD-1 therapy) in up to 109 patients.About INSIGHT-004INSIGHT-004 is the fourth arm of the investigator-initiated INSIGHT trial which is being conducted by Institute of Clinical Cancer Research, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany (IKF). It is being conducted under Immutep’s collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc., and is evaluating the safety, tolerability and recommended Phase II dose of Immutep’s lead immunotherapy product candidate efti when given in combination with avelumab in 12 patients with advanced solid malignancies.About ImmutepFurther information can be found on the Company’s website www.immutep.com or by contacting:Australian Investors/Media: Catherine Strong, Citadel-MAGNUS +61 (0)406 759 268; cstrong@citadelmagnus.comU.S. Media: Tim McCarthy, LifeSci Advisors +1 (212) 915.2564; tim@lifesciadvisors.com
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