On June 17, 2022 Isofol Medical AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: ISOFOL), reported that the company is postponing the start of the live-streamed R&D event on June 20 until 14.00 CEST (Press release, Isofol Medical, JUN 17, 2022, View Source [SID1234616069]). The event, announced on June 14, addresses investors, analysts, and media with a subsequent question and answer session.

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Following the significant interest raised by the event, Isofol hereby wishes to make a clarification regarding its purpose. Reporting of top-line results will not take place during the event. The timeline that was communicated on April 22 in connection with the start of the data analysis of the AGENT study still applies. At that time, the company estimated that it would take two to four months from the start of the analysis until top-line results could be reported. Isofol can now specify that the results will be presented during the latter part of this period.

Agenda for the R&D Event
The AGENT study – its design, patient population, endpoints, and an update including the current status of the study and upcoming top-line results
The medical need for colorectal cancer patients
The current colorectal cancer treatment landscape and the clinical use of current treatments
Clinical, regulatory, and market access demands for introducing new treatments for colorectal cancer
Q&A-session
Questions can be asked prior to the event by sending an email to [email protected] or during the webcast via a chat function. The webcast will also be available on demand on Isofol’s corporate website after the event.

On June 17, 2022 Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) reported that it is initiating a share buy-back program to mitigate dilution from warrant exercises and honor our commitments under our Restricted Stock Unit program (Press release, Genmab, JUN 17, 2022, View Source [SID1234616068]). The share buy-back program will be undertaken on the terms set out below and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (‘MAR’) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, also referred to as the "Safe Harbour Regulation."

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Purpose
The purpose of the share buy-back program is to mitigate dilution caused by warrant exercises and to honor our commitments under the Restricted Stock Unit program.

Time frame
The share buy-back program will start on June 20, 2022 and end on August 31, 2022 (unless Genmab terminates or suspends the program).

Terms
Genmab has appointed Danske Bank as lead manager for the share buy-back program. Danske Bank will make its own trading decisions and act independently of and without influence or involvement from Genmab. Under this share buy-back program Genmab may repurchase up to 370,000 shares.

Shares acquired under the program cannot be purchased at a price exceeding the higher of (i) the price of the latest independent transaction on Nasdaq Copenhagen and (ii) the price of the highest independent bid on Nasdaq Copenhagen at the time of the transaction. The total number of shares that may be purchased on a single trading day may not exceed 25% of the average daily trading volume over the preceding 20 trading days on Nasdaq Copenhagen.

As of June 17, 2022, Genmab holds 233,885 treasury shares equal to 0.36 % of the share capital.

Genmab is entitled to suspend or stop the program at any time subject to announcement to Nasdaq Copenhagen.

Upon initiation of the program, Genmab will issue a weekly announcement in respect of transactions made under the program.

On June 17, 2022 Kineta, Inc. ("Kineta" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel immunotherapies in oncology, reported that it presented the Phase 1/2 clinical trial design and new preclinical data supporting KVA12.1 as a potential treatment for cancer patients with advanced solid tumors at the Tumor Myeloid-Directed Therapies Summit held on June 14-16 in Boston, MA (Press release, Kineta, JUN 17, 2022, View Source;utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kineta-presents-new-preclinical-data-and-phase-1-2-clinical-trial-design-of-kva12-1-at-the-tumor-myeloid-directed-therapies-summit [SID1234616067]).

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Shaarwari Sridhar, Scientist at Kineta, presented a poster outlining the first-in-human clinical trial design and study objectives evaluating KVA12.1 as a monotherapy and in combination with an anti-PD1 immunotherapy. New preclinical and toxicology data supporting advancing KVA12.1 into clinical development were also presented. KVA12.1 is a potential best-in-class VISTA blocking immunotherapy that was discovered through the Company’s proprietary immuno-oncology PiiONEER platform. The Phase 1/2 study will be a multicenter, open label, dose escalation and dose expansion study of intravenous infusion of KVA12.1 as a monotherapy and in combination with a fixed dose of an anti-PD1 antibody in patients with advanced solid tumors. Kineta plans to initiate the Phase 1/2 clinical study in Q4 2022.

"We are very encouraged by the preclinical data and are excited for KVA12.1 to enter the clinic later this year," said Thierry Guillaudeux, PhD, EVP Research and Development at Kineta. "KVA12.1 was developed through Kineta’s PiiONEER platform as an engineered IgG1 monoclonal antibody that binds to a unique epitope at physiologic and acidic Ph levels. It is highly differentiated as it has demonstrated efficacy as a single agent and in combination with PD-1 in multiple tumor models with no CRS-associated cytokine secretion seen in preclinical tox studies."

Phase 1/2 clinical study objectives detailed in the poster presentation include:

Clinical
Safety measurements and DLTs as single agent and in combination with anti-PD1
Overall Response Rate and durability of response using RECISTv1.1
Determined MTD and R2PD
Pharmacologic and Biomarker
PK
Receptor Occupancy
Cytokine and Chemokine profiles in plasma samples
Flow Cytometry for PD marker on Immune cells
Tumor biopsies : multiparameter analysis to evaluate tumor cells as well as Immune infiltrating cells. Characterized expression of immune checkpoint and exhausted markers.
Presentation Details:

Title: KVA12.1 a novel fully human anti-VISTA antibody to treat cancer patients with advanced solid tumors
Date Presented: June 15-16, 2022
Presenter: Shaarwari Sridhar

For further details, please view the poster presentation on Kineta’s website here.

On June 17, 2022 KYORIN Holdings, Inc. reported that KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyodaku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shigeru Ogihara, hereinafter KYORIN), a subsidiary of KYORIN Holdings, Inc., signed a joint development and license agreement with CellGenTech Inc. (Head office: Chiba-shi, Chiba; President & CEO: Masayuki Aso, hereinafter CellGenTech) for genetically modified human adipocytes (hereinafter GMAC) of Fabry disease that has been developed by CellGenTech (hereinafter this Agreement) (Press release, Kyorin, JUN 17, 2022, View Source [SID1234616062]).

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Under this Agreement, KYORIN has acquired an exclusive license to develop and commercialize a new product in the treatment of rare and refractory disease known as Fabry disease using GMAC and CellGenTech’s technology. KYORIN will pay CellGenTech for an upfront payment and milestone payments depending on the progress in the development and commercialization of the product as well as tiered royalties on the sales of the product. KYORIN has also acquired the option to develop and commercialize GMAC for another disease.

CellGenTech, a biotech venture founded in 2003 with an origin in Chiba University, is making efforts to develop treatment agents using its unique technology, GMAC, to improve quality of life of patients in intractable or rare diseases and their family (hereinafter QOL).

GMAC is the genetically modified human adipocytes with an ability to produce insufficient enzyme or protein in patients by inducing gene encoring functional treatment enzyme or protein pre-adipocytes isolated from their own subcutaneous fat. GMAC is expected to contribute to the treatment of Fabry disease and the improvement of QOL by supplementing insufficient enzyme over years by one dose.

KYORIN has set forth the priority strategy "Enhance pipeline to support medium-term growth" in the medium-term management plan "HOPE100-stage 3-" and has been actively involved in in-licensing product for intractable or rare diseases.

Under this Agreement, KYORIN actively promotes development to provide the treatment agents for patients of Fabry diseases, which is high unmet medical needs, as soon as possible and aims to become globally recognized company by creating innovative new drugs. The impact of the execution of this Agreement on the consolidated financial forecast for the fiscal year ending on March, 2022 will be minor.

On June 16, 2022 OSE Immunotherapeutics reported that the Company is one of the first biotech startup companies selected by Microsoft France to be a privileged partner of its support program for French Biotech & Deeptech Startups (Press release, OSE Immunotherapeutics, JUN 16, 2022, View Source [SID1234646963]). This program was launched during the 6th edition of "Viva Technology", the most important Startup and Tech event organized in Europe being held in Paris from June 15-18, 2022.

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Microsoft France’s « Biotech Scaler Program » aims to support companies at the crossroads of research and technology to accelerate products’ discovery and development. This program provides the selected startups with technical support in order to develop a technical framework of architecture securing scalability and startups’ data security. It also proposes a business support from Microsoft France and its partners through an ecosystem approach connecting startups, the research community, investment funds and the various health players.

Nicolas Poirier, Chief Scientific Officer of OSE Immunotherapeutics, comments: "We are very happy to have been selected by Microsoft to join their Biotech & Deeptech support program and we warmly thank the organizers. This collaboration confirms that OSE perfectly fits the target of the most cuttingedge biotechs by pairing its scientific skills and expertise in artificial intelligence and algorithmic approach to develop immunotherapies based on breakthrough innovations and to meet unmet medical needs in immunooncology and immuno-inflammation."

Since 2019, OSE Immunotherapeutics has been collaborating with MAbSilico, a DeepTech-Bio company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and machine learning to accelerate the research and characterization of therapeutic antibodies.

Since 2021, OSE has benefitted from privileged access to the MAbFactory platform which centralizes MAbSilico’s innovative solutions based on AI. MAbFactory is deployed in the Microsoft Azure cloud with the access to an automatic and autonomous use to support the development of new antibodies and therapeutic proteins. The expertise of OSE’s R&D teams combined with MAbSilico’s AI platform is being used to successfully guide the discovery, the characterization and the optimization of new molecules, reducing both the time of development and the risk of failure in the preclinical testing.

The collaboration between the biotech OSE Immunotherapeutics, the Tech-Bio MAbSilico and the technology provider Microsoft reflects the interest of the Microsoft’s biotech program and will enable to strengthen and to go further in the deployment of a research based on AI, at the crossroads of this fruitful partnership between a Biotech and a Deeptech.