On August 6, 2018 Unum Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:UMRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of cellular immunotherapies based on its novel, universal Antibody-Coupled T-cell Receptor (ACTR) technology platform, reported that the company will host a conference call and live audio webcast on Monday, August 13, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss financial results for the second quarter of 2018 (Press release, Unum Therapeutics, AUG 6, 2018, View Sourcenews-releases/news-release-details/unum-therapeutics-host-second-quarter-2018-financial-results" target="_blank" title="View Sourcenews-releases/news-release-details/unum-therapeutics-host-second-quarter-2018-financial-results" rel="nofollow">View Source [SID1234528469]). Unum management will also provide an update on the Company’s recent progress and upcoming milestones.

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Participants may access the conference call by dialing 866-300-3411 (domestic) or 636-812-6658 (international) and refer to conference ID number 2367857. To join the live webcast, please visit the investor relations section of the Unum Therapeutics website at View Source at least 10 minutes before the event begins.

A webcast replay will be available at the same location on the Unum Therapeutics website beginning approximately two hours after the event, and will be archived for 90 days.

On August 6, 2018 BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) reported the completion of an underwritten public offering of 10,454,546 shares of its common stock, including 1,363,636 shares sold pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares (Press release, BioCryst Pharmaceuticalsa, AUG 6, 2018, View Source [SID1234528782]). The gross proceeds from this offering to BioCryst, including from the shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, were approximately $57.5 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by BioCryst. BioCryst expects to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, but are not limited to, funding worldwide development, manufacturing, regulatory and commercial activities for the prophylactic and acute BCX7353 programs, focusing primarily on the United States, European Union and Japan; the advancement of development activities of our fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva ("FOP") and other preclinical rare disease program; post-approval commitments for RAPIVAB/ALPIVAB; and capital expenditures and general working capital needs.

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J.P. Morgan and Jefferies acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. JMP Securities acted as lead manager for the offering.

A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the shares of common stock described above has been previously filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.

This offering was made by means of a prospectus supplement and related prospectus. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on its website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by telephone: 1-866-803-9204 or from Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821-7388 or by email at [email protected].

On August 6, 2018 Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders, reported business highlights and financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018 (Press release, Fate Therapeutics, AUG 6, 2018, View Source [SID1234528450]).

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"Our submission to the FDA of an IND application for FT500, a universal, off-the-shelf NK cell cancer immunotherapy derived from a master iPSC line, is a significant milestone for the Company and the field of cell therapy," said Scott Wolchko, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fate Therapeutics. "We are excited to be working with the FDA to allow the first U.S. clinical investigation of an iPSC-derived cell therapy and usher in a new era enabling the development, manufacture and delivery of off-the-shelf cell products for the treatment of cancer. I am very pleased with our execution over the first six months of 2018 across the business, as we have also accelerated enrollment in our Phase 2 PROTECT study of ProTmune and expanded our clinical investigation of NK100 to a second leading cancer research center."

Clinical Programs

Treated 20th Subject in Phase 2 PROTECT Study of ProTmune. During the second quarter of 2018, 14 subjects were treated in the randomized, controlled and double-blinded Phase 2 PROTECT study, which is intended to enroll a total of 60 adult subjects with hematologic malignancies undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Subjects in the Phase 2 PROTECT study are being randomized, in a 1:1 ratio, to receive either ProTmune, the Company’s next-generation hematopoietic cell graft, or a conventional matched unrelated donor cell graft. The Company has submitted an abstract to present clinical data from the seven subjects that were administered ProTmune in the Phase 1 stage of PROTECT, including data on a key secondary endpoint assessing freedom from chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), cancer relapse and death at 1-year following HCT, at the 2018 ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting.
Expanded Enrollment of FATE-NK100 Dimension Study to Baylor University Medical Center. The Company has now enrolled subjects in the Phase 1 DIMENSION study at two of the nation’s leading cancer research centers, Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota. The DIMENSION study is assessing the safety and efficacy of NK100 when administered as a monotherapy and in combination with trastuzumab or cetuximab, two FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies that are widely used today to treat various solid tumor malignancies. Three Phase 1 clinical trials of NK100 are currently being conducted in subjects with advanced liquid and solid tumors, and the Company plans to present additional clinical data for NK100 in the second half of 2018.
Universal Off-the-Shelf Cancer Immunotherapy Preclinical Pipeline

Submitted First-of-Kind IND Application to FDA for FT500. Within the last thirty days, the Company submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FT500, a universal, off-the-shelf NK cell product. FT500 is the first product candidate emerging from the Company’s industry-leading induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) product platform, which uses clonal master iPSC lines as a renewable source for producing off-the-shelf cellular immunotherapies. The Company plans to clinically investigate FT500 in combination with FDA-approved checkpoint inhibitors as a rescue therapy.
Gained Rights to Novel CAR Constructs and CRISPR Gene-Editing from MSK. In May, the Company expanded its existing license agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to further enable the development of off-the-shelf CAR T-cell immunotherapies, including the Company’s universal, off-the-shelf CAR19 T-cell product candidate FT819. The newly-licensed portfolio of intellectual property covers certain patents and patent applications relating to novel chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) constructs and off-the-shelf CAR T cells, including the use of CRISPR and other innovative technologies for their production. In connection with amending the license agreement, Fate Therapeutics paid an upfront fee of $500,000 and issued 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $4.8 million to MSK, and MSK returned its entire interest in Tfinity Therapeutics, Inc. to the Company.
Organization

Promoted Bob Valamehr, Ph.D. to Chief Development Officer. Dr. Valamehr joined Fate Therapeutics in 2009 and oversees the Company’s iPSC product platform, including the development of the Company’s off-the-shelf NK cell and T-cell cancer immunotherapy pipeline. He is first author on the Company’s 2014 seminal publication in Stem Cell Reports describing the Company’s ground-breaking approach to the footprint-free generation, clonal selection and master cell banking of human iPSCs (View Source).
Appointed Michael Lee to Board of Directors. Mr. Lee is co-founder of and has served as a portfolio manager at Redmile Group, LLC, a health care-focused investment firm based in San Francisco and New York, since 2007.
Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Cash & Short-term Investment Position: Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of June 30, 2018 were $78.0 million compared to $100.9 million as of December 31, 2017. The decrease was primarily driven by the Company’s use of cash to fund operating activities.
Total Revenue: Revenue was $1.0 million for the second quarter of 2018 as well as for the same period in 2017. All revenue was derived from the Company’s research collaboration and license agreement with Juno Therapeutics.
R&D Expenses: Research and development expenses were $16.8 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to $7.9 million for the same period in 2017. In the second quarter of 2018, the Company incurred a one-time $5.3 million expense associated with the in-license of additional intellectual property from MSK. The remaining increase in R&D expenses was primarily attributable to an increase in expenses associated with the clinical development of FATE-NK100 and with regulatory and manufacturing activities to support the submission of the FT500 IND application.
G&A Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $3.8 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to $2.7 million for the same period in 2017. The increase in G&A expenses was primarily attributable to an increase in employee compensation associated with growth in headcount and in intellectual property-related expenses.
Shares Outstanding: Common shares outstanding were 53.4 million as of June 30, 2018 and 52.6 million as of December 31, 2017. Preferred shares outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were 2.8 million, each of which is convertible into five shares of common stock. All preferred shares outstanding are from the Company’s sale and issuance of non-voting Class A convertible preferred stock to Redmile Group, LLC in November 2016.
Today’s Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will conduct a conference call today, Monday, August 6th, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. ET to review financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. In order to participate in the conference call, please dial 877-303-6235 (domestic) or 631-291-4837 (international) and refer to conference ID 2383816. The live webcast can be accessed under "Events & Presentations" in the Investors & Media section of the Company’s website at www.fatetherapeutics.com. The archived webcast will be available on the Company’s website beginning approximately two hours after the event.

About FATE-NK100
FATE-NK100 is an investigational, first-in-class, allogeneic donor-derived natural killer (NK) cell cancer immunotherapy comprised of adaptive memory NK cells, a highly specialized and functionally distinct subset of activated NK cells expressing the maturation marker CD57. Higher frequencies of CD57+ NK cells in the peripheral blood or tumor microenvironment in cancer patients have been linked to better clinical outcomes. In August 2017, non-clinical data describing the unique properties and anti-tumor activity of FATE-NK100 were published by Cancer Research (doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-0799), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of Cancer Research. Three clinical trials of FATE-NK100 are currently being conducted: VOYAGE for the treatment of refractory or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia; APOLLO for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer; and DIMENSION for the treatment of advanced solid tumors, including in combination with monoclonal antibody therapy.

About ProTmune
ProTmune is an investigational next-generation hematopoietic cell graft for the prevention of acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). ProTmune is manufactured by pharmacologically modulating a donor-sourced, mobilized peripheral blood graft ex vivo with two small molecules (FT1050 and FT4145) to decrease the incidence and severity of acute GvHD while maintaining the anti-leukemia activity of the graft. ProTmune has been granted Orphan Drug and Fast Track Designations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Orphan Medicinal Product Designation by the European Commission. ProTmune is currently being investigated in a randomized, controlled and double-blinded Phase 2 clinical trial in adult subjects with hematologic malignancies undergoing matched unrelated donor HCT.

About Fate Therapeutics’ iPSC Product Platform
The Company’s proprietary iPSC product platform enables mass production of off-the-shelf, engineered, homogeneous cell products that can be administered in repeat doses to mediate more effective pharmacologic activity, including in combination with cycles of other cancer treatments. Human iPSCs possess the unique dual properties of unlimited self-renewal and differentiation potential into all cell types of the body. The Company’s first-of-kind approach involves engineering human iPSCs in a one-time genetic modification event, and selecting a single iPSC for maintenance as a clonal master iPSC line. Analogous to master cell lines used to manufacture biopharmaceutical drug products such as monoclonal antibodies, clonal master iPSC lines are a renewable source for consistently and repeatedly manufacturing homogeneous cell products in quantities that support the treatment of patients in an off-the-shelf manner. Fate Therapeutics’ iPSC product platform is supported by an intellectual property portfolio of over 100 issued patents and 100 pending patent applications.

On August 6, 2018 Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, reported the completion of the rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking accelerated approval for selinexor, its novel, oral SINE compound, as a new treatment for patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma (Press release, Karyopharm, JUN 6, 2018, View Source [SID1234528451]). Patients with penta-refractory myeloma have previously received the two proteasome inhibitors (PIs), Velcade (bortezomib) and Kyprolis (carfilzomib), the two immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs), Revlimid (lenalidomide) and Pomalyst (pomalidomide), and the anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody Darzalex (daratumumab) as well as alkylating agents, and their disease is refractory to at least one PI, at least one IMiD, Darzalex and their most recent therapy. Selinexor has received both Orphan Drug and Fast Track designations from the FDA for this indication.

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"There is a substantial urgency for new therapies with novel mechanisms for patients with highly resistant, penta-refractory myeloma," said Sharon Shacham, PhD, MBA, Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Karyopharm. "The completion of our first NDA submission marks a significant achievement for Karyopharm and brings oral selinexor one step closer to these patients. We are sincerely grateful to the patients, caregivers and investigators that have contributed to the selinexor program to date, the Agency for working with us with a sense of urgency and support, and to the entire Karyopharm team for their inexhaustible professionalism and dedication to advancing this NDA."

Pending marketing approval by the FDA, Karyopharm plans to commercialize selinexor in the U.S. Should the application be approved by the FDA, selinexor could become available in the first half of 2019. The Company also plans to submit a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency in early 2019 with a request for conditional approval.

Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results Conference Call Information

Karyopharm will report second quarter 2018 financial results on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Karyopharm’s management team will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, to discuss the second quarter 2018 financial results and recent business developments. To access the conference call, please dial (855) 437-4406 (local) or (484) 756-4292 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and refer to conference ID 3084449. A live audio webcast of the call will be available under "Events & Presentations" in the Investor section of the Company’s website, View Source An archived webcast will be available on the Company’s website approximately two hours after the event.

About Selinexor

Selinexor is a first-in-class, oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound. Selinexor functions by binding with and inhibiting the nuclear export protein XPO1 (also called CRM1), leading to the accumulation of tumor suppressor proteins in the cell nucleus. This reinitiates and amplifies their tumor suppressor function and is believed to lead to the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells, while largely sparing normal cells. To date, over 2,600 patients have been treated with selinexor. In April 2018, Karyopharm reported positive top-line data from the Phase 2b STORM study evaluating selinexor in combination with low-dose dexamethasone in patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma. For the STORM study’s primary objective, oral selinexor achieved a 25.4% overall response rate, which included two stringent complete responses, both of which were negative for minimal residual disease, and 29 partial or very good partial responses. The median duration of response, a key secondary objective, was 4.4 months, and patients with any response had a significantly prolonged overall survival as compared with patients who did not respond. Selinexor has been granted Orphan Drug Designation in multiple myeloma and Fast Track designation for the patient population evaluated in the STORM study. Karyopharm has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with a request for accelerated approval for oral selinexor as a new treatment for patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma. The Company also plans to submit a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in early 2019 with a request for conditional approval. Selinexor is also being evaluated in several other mid- and later-phase clinical trials across multiple cancer indications, including in multiple myeloma in a pivotal, randomized Phase 3 study in combination with Velcade (bortezomib) and low-dose dexamethasone (BOSTON), as a potential backbone therapy in combination with approved therapies (STOMP), in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (SADAL), liposarcoma (SEAL), and an investigator-sponsored study in endometrial cancer (SIENDO), among others. Additional Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies are ongoing or currently planned, including multiple studies in combination with approved therapies in a variety of tumor types to further inform Karyopharm’s clinical development priorities for selinexor. Additional clinical trial information for selinexor is available at www.clinicaltrials.gov.

Further Information About Potential Accelerated Approval for Selinexor in Multiple Myeloma

The FDA instituted its Accelerated Approval Program to allow for expedited approval of drugs that treat serious conditions and that fill an unmet medical need based on a surrogate endpoint or an intermediate clinical endpoint thought to predict clinical benefit, like overall response rate (ORR). Accelerated approval is available only for drugs that provide a meaningful therapeutic benefit over existing treatments at the time of consideration of the application for accelerated approval, which the FDA has reiterated in its feedback to the Company. Particularly in disease areas with multiple available and potential new therapies, such as multiple myeloma, accelerated approval carries a high regulatory threshold. Consistent with its general guidance, the FDA has noted to the Company its preference for randomized studies geared toward full approval, which the Company has undertaken with the ongoing pivotal, Phase 3 BOSTON study, and has reminded the Company that accelerated approval requires patients to have exhausted all available approved therapies. FDA’s Fast Track designation is available to therapeutics treating an unmet medical need in a serious condition; the Company has received Fast Track designation from the FDA specifically for the population treated in the STORM trial. In light of this recognition that the STORM patient population represents an unmet medical need and the positive top-line data reported in April 2018, the Company believes that the STORM study should support its request to the FDA for accelerated approval.

On August 6, 2018 Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported a five-year collaboration agreement with a goal of evaluating therapies for multiple hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (Press release, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, AUG 6, 2018, View Source;p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2362297 [SID1234528511]).

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The joint effort brings together MD Anderson’s translational medicine and clinical research capabilities with Jazz’s hematology/oncology portfolio, including its FDA-approved medicines as well as current and potential future investigational therapies.

"This collaboration represents a significant opportunity to efficiently develop innovative therapies and therapeutic combinations," said Tapan Kadia, M.D., associate professor of Leukemia at MD Anderson. "Our aim is to always provide leading-edge care for our leukemia patients, and it is our hope that this joint effort will result in new treatment solutions."

Jazz and MD Anderson will pursue research opportunities in areas of high unmet need. The initial focus of the collaboration is to evaluate and generate additional data for Vyxeos (daunorubicin and cytarabine) liposome for injection, in new patient populations and in combination with other therapies.

"Jazz is committed to providing meaningful medicines for people with hematologic cancers, particularly those with serious unmet clinical needs," said Allen Yang, M.D., Ph.D., vice president and acting chief medical officer of Jazz Pharmaceuticals. "We look forward to collaborating with MD Anderson to help advance treatment options for patients as part of our growing hematology oncology therapeutic area."

Vyxeos received FDA approval in August 2017 for the treatment of adults with newly-diagnosed therapy-related (t-AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC), which represents part of high-risk or secondary AML populations. AML-MRC is more common in older patients who often do not respond well to intensive chemotherapy; while t-AML can occur as a result of previous chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

About Vyxeos
Vyxeos is a liposome formulation of a fixed combination of daunorubicin and cytarabine for intravenous infusion. Vyxeos is indicated for the treatment of adults with newly-diagnosed t-AML or AML-MRC. For more information about Vyxeos in the United States, please visit View Source

Important Safety Information
Vyxeos has different dosage recommendations from other medications that contain daunorubicin and/or cytarabine. Do not substitute Vyxeos for other daunorubicin- and/or cytarabine- containing products.

Vyxeos should not be given to patients who have a history of serious allergic reaction to daunorubicin, cytarabine or any of its ingredients.

Vyxeos can cause a severe decrease in blood cells (red and white blood cells and cells that prevent bleeding, called platelets) which can result in serious infection or bleeding and possibly lead to death. Your doctor will monitor your blood counts during treatment with Vyxeos. Patients should tell the doctor about new onset fever or symptoms of infection or if they notice signs of bruising or bleeding.

Vyxeos can cause heart-related side effects. Tell your doctor about any history of heart disease, radiation to the chest, or previous chemotherapy. Inform your doctor if you develop symptoms of heart failure such as:

shortness of breath or trouble breathing
swelling or fluid retention, especially in the feet, ankles or legs
unusual tiredness
Vyxeos may cause allergic reactions including anaphylaxis. Seek immediate medical attention if you develop signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis such as:

trouble breathing
severe itching
skin rash or hives
swelling of the face, lips, mouth, or tongue
Vyxeos contains copper and may cause copper overload in patients with Wilson’s disease or other copper-processing disorders.

Vyxeos can damage the skin if it leaks out of the vein. Tell your doctor right away if you experience symptoms of burning, stinging, or blisters and skin sores at the injection site. Vyxeos can harm your unborn baby. Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or nursing. Do not breastfeed while receiving Vyxeos. Females and males of reproductive potential should use effective contraception during treatment and for 6 months following the last dose of Vyxeos.

The most common side effects were bleeding events, fever, rash, swelling, nausea, sores in the mouth or throat, diarrhea, constipation, muscle pain, tiredness, stomach pain, difficulty breathing, headache, cough, decreased appetite, irregular heartbeat, pneumonia, blood infection, chills, sleep disorders, and vomiting.

Please see full Prescribing Information for Vyxeos including BOXED Warning at View Source