ADAGENE PRESENTS CLINICAL DATA DEMONSTRATING STRONG SAFETY AND EARLY SIGNALS OF EFFICACY IN COLD TUMORS INCLUDING PANCREATIC AND OVARIAN CANCERS FOR ANTI-CTLA-4 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY, ADG116, AT ESMO-IO 2021

Additional highlights include pharmacodynamic biomarker analyses from ongoing trial of anti-CD137 antibody, ADG106, in combination with anti-PD-1 toripalimab

SAN DIEGO and SUZHOU, China, Dec 7 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adagene Inc. (“Adagene”) (Nasdaq: ADAG), a platform-driven, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming the discovery and development of novel antibody-based immunotherapies, today announced clinical data on its anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody, ADG116, and anti-CD137 agonist, ADG106, in two poster presentations at the European Society for Medical Oncology Immuno-Oncology (ESMO-IO) Congress 2021, to be held virtually and in Geneva, Switzerland from December 8 to 11, 2021. Both posters are available in the Publications section of the company’s website at www.adagene.com.

In the first presentation of results from an ongoing dose-escalation trial of monotherapy in patients with advanced metastatic tumors, ADG116 demonstrated a strong safety profile and early signals of efficacy, including dose-dependent T-cell activation and tumor suppression in treatment-resistant “cold” and “warm” tumors such as pancreatic, ovarian and renal cell cancers.

Commenting on the findings, Dr. Gary Richardson, OAM, MBBS, FRACP, Group Director at Cabrini Health Research, Director at Szalmuk Family Department of Medical Oncology and Professor of Medicine at Monash University, Australia, “These encouraging clinical data demonstrate the promising safety profile of ADG116 monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors across 15 different tumor types, the majority of which are resistant to standard therapy. The most exciting thing about these results is that we have also seen the early signals of efficacy in ‘cold’ tumors such as pancreatic and certain gynecological cancers, which do not respond to current immunotherapies. We want to see this type of unique activity, which suggests that this treatment may look different and potentially better than the options we have available today.”

Additionally, a separate poster presentation describing results of pharmacodynamic (PD) biomarker analyses reinforced the synergy and strong T-cell activation of ADG106 in combination with the anti-PD-1 antibody toripalimab.
 
A summary of data from both posters is included below. 

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