On February 10, 2020 Compugen Ltd. (Nasdaq: CGEN), a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company and a leader in predictive target discovery, reported that the Company will release its fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results on Thursday, February 20, 2020 before the U.S. financial markets open (Press release, Compugen, FEB 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234554124]). Management will host a conference call and webcast to review the results and provide a corporate update at 8:30 AM ET.

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To access the live conference call by telephone, please dial 1-888-407-2553 from the U.S.,
or +972-3-918-0610 internationally. The call will also be available via live webcast through Compugen’s website, located at the following link. Following the live audio webcast, a replay will be available on the Company’s website.

On February 10, 2020 Hutchison China MediTech Limited ("Chi-Med") (AIM/Nasdaq: HCM) reported the availability of updated results from the Phase II CALYPSO study of the savolitinib / Imfinzi (durvalumab) combination in a cohort of patients with metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma ("PRCC"), an investigator initiated study led by Professor Thomas Powles, Lead for Solid Tumour Research at Barts Cancer Centre, and sponsored by Queen Mary University of London (Press release, Hutchison China MediTech, FEB 10, 2020, https://www.chi-med.com/calypso-data-in-prcc-at-2020-asco-gu/ [SID1234554069]).

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Full data from the PRCC cohort of the CALYPSO study will be presented on Saturday, February 15, 2020, in oral and poster presentations at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium ("ASCO GU") in San Francisco, CA.

Further details from the presentation are as follows:

Presentation Title: Overall survival results for durvalumab and savolitinib in metastatic papillary renal cancer
Presenting Author: Cristina Suarez Rodriguez, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Other Authors: Thomas Powles, James M. G. Larkin, Poulam Patel, Begoña Pérez-Valderrama, Alejo Rodriguez-Vida, Hilary Glen, Fiona Thistlethwaite, Christy Ralph, Srinivasan Gopalakrishnan, Maria Jose Mendez-Vidal, Kelly Mousa, Aaron Prendergast, Laura Vosper, Wing-Kin Liu
Abstract #: 619 / Board D5
Oral Presentation: Rapid Abstract Session C: Renal Cell Cancer
Date & Time: Saturday, February 15: 11:35 AM-12:30 PM PST
Poster Presentation: Session C: Renal Cell Cancer
Date & Time: Saturday, February 15: 7:00 AM-7:55 AM PST
Preliminary results of this study (cut-off date of September 25, 2018) were first presented on February 16, 2019 at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper)-GU.[i]

About PRCC in the CALYPSO study
PRCC is a subtype of kidney cancer that is unusually difficult to treat, with low response rates from current treatment options and no treatments approved for this specific indication. The CALYPSO study is an independently sponsored open-label Phase II study of Imfinzi in combination with several drug candidates in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma in the U.K. and Spain. Several arms of CALYPSO are evaluating the treatment of PRCC and clear cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) with savolitinib, a highly selective inhibitor of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase, both as a monotherapy and in combination with Imfinzi (durvalumab), AstraZeneca’s anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibody. CALYPSO enrolls an all-comer PRCC population with planned retrospective molecular profiling. For further details, please refer to clinicaltrials.gov number NCT02819596.

About Savolitinib
Savolitinib is a potential first-in-class inhibitor of MET, an enzyme which has been shown to function abnormally in many types of solid tumors. Chi-Med designed savolitinib to be a potent and highly selective oral inhibitor, which, through chemical structure modification, addresses human metabolite-related renal toxicity, the primary issue that halted development of several other selective MET inhibitors. In clinical studies to date, involving over 1,000 patients, savolitinib has shown promising signs of clinical efficacy in patients with MET gene alterations in multiple tumor types with an acceptable safety profile. Chi-Med is currently testing savolitinib in global partnership with AstraZeneca, both as a monotherapy and in combination with immunotherapy, targeted therapy and chemotherapy drugs.

On February 7, 2020, OncoSec Medical Incorporated (the "Company") reported the closing (the "Closing") of its previously announced strategic transaction (the "Transaction") with Grand Decade Developments Limited, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited, a company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands ("CGP"), and its affiliate, Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sirtex" and, together with CGP, the "Buyers") (Filing, 8-K, OncoSec Medical, FEB 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234554091]). On October 10, 2019, the Company and the Buyers entered into Stock Purchase Agreements (as amended, the "Purchase Agreements") pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to CGP and Sirtex 10,000,000 shares and 2,000,000 shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock for a total purchase price of $30 million.

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As contemplated by the Purchase Agreements, and in connection with the Closing, on February 7, 2020, the Company entered into Registration Rights Agreements with each of CGP and Sirtex (the "Registration Rights Agreements"), pursuant to which, among other things, CGP and Sirtex will each have the right to deliver to the Company a written notice requiring the Company to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement with respect to resales of shares of some or all of the common stock of the Company held by CGP and Sirtex.

The description of the Registration Rights Agreements does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Registration Rights Agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to this Current Report and are incorporated by reference herein.

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreements, the Company and CGP entered into a License Agreement (the "License Agreement"), which became effective upon the Closing. In addition, the Company and Sirtex entered into a Services Agreement (the "Services Agreement") which also became effective upon the Closing. For a full description of both the License Agreement and Services Agreement, see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2019.

On February 10, 2020 Certara, the global model-informed drug development and decision support leader, reported that its discovery research relationship with Arvinas has expanded to include a greater diversity of small molecule drug discovery projects and data sources. Arvinas’ current drug discovery focus areas include metastatic prostate cancer, locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases (Press release, Arvinas, FEB 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234554109]).

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Arvinas is the pioneer and clinical-stage leader in the exciting new area of targeted protein degradation. Its proprietary PROTAC (proteolysis-targeting chimera) protein degraders are chimeric, modular small molecules, which harness the body’s natural protein disposal system, the ubiquitin‐proteasome system, to induce the degradation of disease‐causing proteins.

"Arvinas is employing Certara’s D360 scientific informatics platform to increase the speed and efficiency of its lead identification and optimization processes. D360 is specifically designed to allow scientific researchers to access, understand and share drug discovery data quickly," explained Dr. David Lowis, Senior Director of Product Management at Certara. "Medical research is moving so rapidly, especially in oncology, that gaining access to novel technology and fast, accurate drug discovery results will determine how quickly new medicines can be brought to patients."

"We need to be able to query, pivot and dive deep into our drug discovery data, and D360 is the best platform we have found for that," said Dr. Keith Hornberger, Director, Chemistry at Arvinas. "We have increased the number of data sources and complexity of data, which are now seamlessly integrated providing complete transparency to our end users. We currently have around 70 scientists using D360, running over 700 distinct D360 queries. Compared to our previous research informatics solution, D360 is saving us hundreds of hours annually on data analysis. That is an important contribution to our research."

"The Certara team is tenacious and resourceful. They always find a solution. That’s what has made our relationship so successful," added Dr. Hornberger.

Designed to meet clients’ specific research goals, D360 features small molecule discovery, biologics discovery, and pre-clinical toolkits for both large and small biopharmaceutical companies.

On February 10, 2020 Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE 500 science and technology leader, reported the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for its Explorations in Global Health (ExGloH) division within the Leidos Health Group (Press release, Leidos, FEB 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234554125]). The ExGloH SAB is an esteemed group of experts in oncology and drug development chosen to advance ExGloH in its development of their pre-clinical pipeline of peptide-based immune modulators.

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ExGloH is dedicated to developing new immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases. ExGloH SAB members will work closely with ExGloH leadership to evolve the pre-clinical development of its lead drug candidate LD10, a novel peptide-based, immuno-modulator for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases.

"We are excited and privileged to have the opportunity to work with this group of oncology and infectious disease thought leaders on drug development initiatives from discovery through drug commercialization," said James Pannucci, Ph.D., vice president and director of ExGloH. "Their insights will help advance our pipeline of peptide-based checkpoint inhibitors, beginning with LD10 clinical development."

The ExGloH SAB will be comprised of the following members:

Chairman, Philip Hinds, Ph.D, professor and chair of the Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology (DMCB) at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM), specializes in oncology, cell and developmental biology, and molecular biology. His seminal studies were the first to demonstrate that P53 possesses tumor suppressor activity and is subject to inactivating point mutations in human cancers.
Jose Conejo-Garcia, MD, Ph.D., is the chair of the Department of Immunology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Institute, and co-leader of the Immunology Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. An expert in the field of Tumor Immunology, he has been cited in numerous publications for his contributions to elucidate many of the mechanisms driving protective immunity against gynecologic cancers.
Patrick K. Lucy, a founder and current chief business officer (CBO) of Pfenex Inc, is an experienced leader with more than 26 years of experience in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. As CBO he is responsible for the overall portfolio strategy and business development for the company. Lucy also has experience in the areas of alliance management, product and technology licensing, intellectual property, and bio-pharmaceutical processing, operations, facility design, construction and validation.
About ExGloH

ExGloH is a division within the Leidos Health Group dedicated to developing new immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases. ExGloH’s strives to develop a new class of anti-cancer and infectious disease peptides which can be used in primary and home care settings. The advancement of the Microtide platform allows for further discovery of checkpoint receptors. For more information, visit www.leidos.com/markets/science/biotechnology/exgloh.