Iovance Biotherapeutics Announces H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center to Present Lung Cancer Clinical Data at American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Virtual Annual Meeting 2020
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SAN CARLOS, Calif., April 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA), a late-stage biotechnology company developing novel T cell-based cancer immunotherapies, today announced that H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center (“Moffitt”) plans to present clinical results from a Phase 1 trial using Moffitt’s tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Virtual Annual Meeting I, to be held April 27-28, 2020. The Phase 1 study is being conducted at Moffitt with support from Iovance Biotherapeutics, a Stand Up To Cancer Catalyst® grant, and other partners.
Maria Fardis, Ph.D., MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of Iovance, stated, “We are very pleased that Moffitt will present clinical data demonstrating the potential for tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, or TIL, in such an unmet medical need indication, non-small cell lung cancer. This data is the basis of our strategy to investigate Iovance TIL in two cohorts of non-small cell lung cancer patients in our IOV-COM-202 ‘basket’ study. We continue to be excited about the broader potential of Iovance TIL in additional tumor types.”Abstract Title: Durable complete responses to adoptive cell transfer using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a phase I trial.
Authors: Ben Creelan, et al.
Session: VCTPL05 – Adoptive Cell Transfer Therapy
Date and Time: April 28, 2020, 12:45 PM – 12:55 PM
Abstract Number: 20-LB-10617-AACR
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