SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage company whose mission is to deliver highly effective, off-the-shelf, allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell-based therapies that are safe and accessible to cancer patients, announced today that an abstract highlighting further in vivo and in vitro preclinical data for AB-101, the Company’s clinical-stage ADCC-enhancer product candidate, was accepted for presentation at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 37th Annual Meeting, to be held virtually and at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center from November 8 to 12, 2022.
Details of the presentation are as follows:
Title: Evaluation of AB-101, an Allogeneic Cord Blood-derived Natural Killer (NK) Cell Therapy, as an ADCC Enhancer in Hematologic and Solid Tumors
Poster Number: 306
Date: Friday, November 11
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Hall C
The abstract will be available for viewing on November 7 at 8:00 am EST at the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer (JITC) website (JITC link to be provided on the SITC Annual Meeting website at ). The poster will also be available for viewing on November 10 at 9:00 am EST at .
The poster will present data on the universal use of an ADCC-enhancer NK cell, AB-101, in combination with ADCC-mechanistic therapeutic antibodies and will describe a broader set of antibody combinations beyond rituximab. Artiva is conducting a Phase 1/2 clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04673617) to assess the safety and clinical activity of AB-101 alone and in combination with the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab, in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell-non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) who have progressed beyond two or more prior lines of therapy.
About Artiva Biotherapeutics
Artiva’s mission is to deliver highly effective, off-the-shelf, allogeneic NK cell-based therapies utilizing our Manufacturing-First approach, that are safe and accessible to cancer patients. Artiva’s pipeline includes AB-101, an ADCC enhancer NK-cell therapy candidate for use in combination with monoclonal antibodies or innate-cell engagers. Artiva is currently advancing a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of AB-101 in combination with rituximab for the treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphomas. Artiva’s pipeline also includes AB-201, an anti-HER2 CAR-NK cell therapy candidate for the treatment of HER2-overexpressing tumors, such as breast, gastric, and bladder cancers, and for which an IND has been allowed by FDA, and AB-202, a CD19-specific CAR-NK cell therapy candidate for the treatment of B-cell malignancies. Artiva has entered into therapeutic NK cell collaborations with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and with Affimed GmbH. Artiva’s AlloNK™ platform incorporates cell expansion, activation, and engineering technology developed by Artiva’s strategic partner, GC Cell Corporation, a member of the GC family of companies, a leading healthcare company in Korea. Artiva is headquartered in San Diego. For more information, visit .