On April 21, 2022 Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO), a genomic medicine company, reported that management will be participating in the following investor conferences (Press release, Sangamo Therapeutics, APR 21, 2022, View Source [SID1234612862]):

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Bank of America Securities Conference
Date: Wednesday, May 11th at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
RBC Global Healthcare Conference
Date: Wednesday, May 18th at 3:05 p.m. Eastern Time
H.C. Wainwright Global Investment Conference
Date: Tuesday, May 24th at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Access links for presentations, panels and fireside chats will be available on the Sangamo Therapeutics website in the Investors and Media section under Events and Presentations. The presentations will also be available on the Sangamo Therapeutics website after the event.

On April 21, 2022 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) reported that it will report its first quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, May 5, 2022 after the financial markets close (Press release, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, APR 21, 2022, View Source [SID1234612861]). The company will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET . To access the call, please dial (877) 270-2148 (U.S.) or +1 (412) 902-6510 (International) and reference the "Vertex Pharmaceuticals First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call".

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The conference call will be webcast live and a link to the webcast can be accessed through Vertex’s website at www.vrtx.com in the "Investors" section. To ensure a timely connection, it is recommended that participants register at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled webcast. An archived webcast will be available on the company’s website.

On April 21, 2022 Mustang Bio, Inc. ("Mustang") (NASDAQ: MBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on translating today’s medical breakthroughs in cell and gene therapies into potential cures for hematologic cancers, solid tumors and rare genetic diseases, reported that interim Phase 1/2 data on MB-106, a CD20-targeted, autologous CAR T cell therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas ("NHL") and chronic lymphocytic leukemia ("CLL"), will be presented at two upcoming conferences: 2022 Tandem Meetings I Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy ("ASTCT") and Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research ("CIBMTR"), taking place April 23 – 26, 2022, in Salt Lake City, Utah ("2022 Tandem Meetings") and the 4th International Workshop on CAR-T and Immunotherapies ("iwCAR-T") taking place on April 28 – May 1, 2022, in Tampa, FL (Press release, Mustang Bio, APR 21, 2022, View Source [SID1234612860]).

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Both presentations will be given by Mazyar Shadman, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor and physician at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ("Fred Hutch") and University of Washington. MB-106 is being developed in a collaboration between Mustang and Fred Hutch.

"We look forward to Dr. Shadman’s upcoming MB-106 presentations as we continue to progress our CD20-targeted CAR T cell therapy program. MB-106 has been demonstrating compelling clinical activity and a favorable safety profile in the ongoing Phase 1/2 trial at Fred Hutch for patients with relapsed or refractory B-NHL and CLL," said Manuel Litchman, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Mustang. "At the 2022 Tandem Meetings, Dr. Shadman will present updated data that includes patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma and Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. Additionally, he will present data focused on CLL at iwCAR-T. Looking ahead, Mustang intends to dose the first patient in a multicenter Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of MB-106 for relapsed or refractory B-NHL and CLL under Mustang’s IND this quarter."

Details of the presentations are as follows:

2022 Tandem Meetings
Title: High Efficacy and Low Toxicity of MB-106, a Third Generation CD20 Targeted CAR-T for Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory B-NHL and CLL
Poster Number: 225
Dates and Time: Sunday, April 24, 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. ET
For more information, please visit the 2022 Tandem Meetings website: View Source

iwCAR-T
Session III: CAR-T in CLL
Title: CD20-targeted CAR T in R/R CLL
Date and Time: Saturday, April 30, 1:10 – 2:10 p.m. ET
For more information, please visit the iwCAR-T website: View Source

Mustang is a sponsor of iwCAR-T, an annual workshop / think tank which provides a forum for the world’s leading clinical researchers in CAR T-cell therapy to share perspectives on the evolving understanding of this cell therapy in a clinical context and provide key learnings to help optimize clinical care.

About MB-106 (CD20-targeted autologous CAR T Cell Therapy)
CD20 is a membrane-embedded surface molecule which plays a role in the differentiation of B-cells into plasma cells. The CAR T was developed by Mustang’s research collaborator, Fred Hutch, in the laboratories of the late Oliver Press, M.D., Ph.D., and Brian Till, M.D., Associate Professor in the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutch, and exclusively licensed to Mustang in 2017. The lentiviral vector drug substance used to transduce patients’ cells to create the MB-106 drug product produced at Fred Hutch has been optimized as a third-generation CAR derived from a fully human antibody, and MB-106 is currently in a Phase 1/2 open-label, dose-escalation trial at Fred Hutch in patients with B-NHLs and CLL. The same lentiviral vector drug substance produced at Fred Hutch will be used to transduce patients’ cells to create the MB-106 drug product produced at Mustang Bio’s Worcester, MA, cell processing facility for administration in the planned multicenter phase 1/2 clinical trial to be initiated shortly under Mustang Bio’s IND. It should be noted that Mustang Bio has introduced minor improvements to its cell processing to facilitate eventual commercial launch of the product. In addition, prior to commercial launch, Mustang Bio will replace the Fred Hutch lentiviral vector drug substance with vector produced at a commercial manufacturer. Additional information on the trial can be found at using the identifier NCT03277729.

ON April 21, 2022 Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC) reported that Dr. Matt Coffey, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting a corporate overview at the Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference, which is taking place May 2-3, 2022 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building in Toronto, Ontario (Press release, Oncolytics Biotech, APR 21, 2022, View Source [SID1234612843]). Additional details on the presentation can be found below.

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Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m. ET
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building Hall B
Webcast Link: Available by clicking here
Company management will also be participating in one-on-one investor meetings at the conference. To schedule a meeting, please submit a meeting request on the conference website, contact your Bloom Burton & Co. representative, or email [email protected].

A live webcast of the Company’s presentation will also be available on the Investor Relations page of Oncolytics’ website (LINK) and will be archived for three months.

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The Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference brings together U.S., Canadian and international investors who are interested in the latest developments in the Canadian healthcare sector. Attendees will have an opportunity to obtain corporate updates from the premier Canadian publicly traded and private companies through presentations and private meetings.

On April 21, 2022 Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AIM: FARN, First North: FARON), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on building the future of immunotherapy by harnessing the power of the immune system to tackle cancer and inflammation, reported that results from the melanoma cohort in the ongoing phase I/II MATINS (Macrophage Antibody to Inhibit Immune Suppression) trial, will be presented at the 18th Congress of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), being held in Seville, Spain, April 21 to April 23, 2022 (Press release, Faron Pharmaceuticals, APR 21, 2022, View Source [SID1234612830]).

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The melanoma cohort is one of the ten advanced treatment-resistant solid tumor types included in Part II (110 patients) of the MATINS study, which is investigating the potential of bexmarilimab, Faron’s wholly-owned investigational precision cancer immunotherapy, as a monotherapy. Bexmarilimab targets tumor associated macrophages, which are known to be immunosuppressive, make up nearly 50% of the tumor mass, and limit the efficacy of currently approved cancer immunotherapies, including anti PD-1/L1. As previously communicated, melanoma is among five different tumor types from the original 10 studied to have shown the strongest clinical benefit rate (CBR = partial response or stable disease) – 30% – alongside gastric cancer (30%), cholangiocarcinoma (30%), hepatocellular carcinoma (40%) and breast cancer (40%), following treatment with bexmarilimab.

Data from 11 melanoma patients (including the full cohort of 10 patients in Part II and one additional patient with same dosing regimen from Part I) who were refractory to checkpoint inhibition are being presented at the congress. All patients were treated with 1mg/kg of bexmarilimab monotherapy, every three weeks. The median number of previous treatment lines was three, the median age of patients was 60.

· Of the 11 patients, four experienced clinical benefit – one patient had a partial response after two cycles of bexmarilimab (tumor growth reduced by 40% from baseline) but was discontinued before a confirmatory scan was performed. Three patients had stable disease (i.e., clinical benefit rate of 30% in Part II).

· Current estimates for 12-month survival in Part II melanoma cohort were 100% for the patients who experienced clinical benefit following treatment compared to 33.3% of non-CBR patients.

· A preliminary biomarker analysis including the melanoma cohort showed that patients with higher intra-tumoral Clever-1 positivity and low baseline levels of serum interferon gamma (IFNy) and tumor necrosis factor alpha were more likely to experience clinical benefit following treatment with bexmarilimab. Among those patients who experienced clinical benefit, a marked rise in serum IFNy levels was seen during treatment. IFNy is a necessary pro-inflammatory cytokine for response to checkpoint inhibitors like PD-1/L1, highlighting bexmarilimab’s combination potential.

"This rate of clinical benefit is particularly striking when you consider these are heavily pre-treated patients, all of whom were refractory to currently approved checkpoint inhibitor therapy," said Marie-Louise Fjällskog, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer of Faron. "Bexmarilimab’s ability to ignite an immune response in these patients means that it may serve as a catalyst for the immune system allowing initially checkpoint inhibitor resistant patients to become responsive to PD-1/L1 blockade."

"Additionally, the biomarker analysis among melanoma patients is consistent with our broader analyses and suggests that two cytokines, which can be measured by a standard blood test as part of a patient’s routine care, could hold the key to understanding which patients will gain the greatest benefit from this novel immunotherapy. Knowing which patients are most likely to respond to treatment is key to both the development process and the successful roll out of new therapeutic approaches."