On April 7, 2026 enGene Therapeutics Inc. (formerly, enGene Holdings Inc.) (Nasdaq: ENGN, "enGene" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage, non-viral genetic medicines company, reported that it will change its corporate name to "enGene Therapeutics Inc." effective April 8, 2026. The Company elected to change its corporate name to reflect the near-term transition to a commercial organization with the potential approval of detalimogene voraplasmid in 2027. enGene’s ongoing LEGEND trial is investigating detalimogene across several cohorts of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), including a pivotal cohort in BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with carcinoma in situ (CIS).

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"We’re entering an important next phase for enGene as we prepare for potential approval of detalimogene in 2027," said Ron Cooper, President and Chief Executive Officer, enGene. "Our new name reflects our progress — and the opportunity to bring detalimogene to patients and the practices that care for them, where more options are still needed."

The Company’s common shares (the "Common Shares") will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the "Nasdaq") under the symbol "ENGN", and the Company’s listed common share purchase warrants (the "Warrants") will continue to trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol "ENGNW".

The corporate name change does not affect the rights of security holders, and no further action is required by security holders with respect to the change. As of the effective date, the CUSIP numbers and ISINs of the Common Shares and Warrants will change. The new CUSIP number for the Common Shares is 29286X101 and the new ISIN number is CA29286X1015. The new CUSIP number for the Warrants is 29286X119 and the new ISIN number is CA29286X1197.

About Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC)

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is a disease that poses a significant burden on both patients and clinics and has a massive economic impact on our healthcare system. NMIBC occurs when cancer cells grow in the tissues that line the interior of the bladder, but the cancer has not yet penetrated the muscle of the bladder wall. NMIBC can present as papillary outgrowths from the bladder wall, which are typically resected, or as carcinoma in situ (CIS), which consists of flat, multifocal lesions that cannot be resected. The two forms can also co-occur. About 75-80% of new bladder cancer diagnoses are NMIBC. Patients suffering from high-risk NMIBC who are unresponsive to the standard of care, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), face high rates of disease recurrence (50-70%) and are potentially subject to full removal of the bladder (cystectomy) as a curative but life-altering next step.

About Detalimogene Voraplasmid

Detalimogene is a novel, investigational, non-viral gene therapy for patients with high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), including Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive disease. It is designed to be instilled in the bladder and elicit a powerful yet localized anti-tumor immune response.

Detalimogene was developed using the Company’s Dually Derivatized Oligochitosan (DDX) platform, a technology designed to transform how gene therapies are accessed by patients and utilized by clinicians. Medicines developed with the DDX platform can potentially overcome the limitations of viral-based gene therapies, reduce complexities related to safe handling and cold storage, and streamline both manufacturing processes and administration paradigms.

Detalimogene has received Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) and Fast Track designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) based on its potential to address the high unmet medical need for patients with BCG-unresponsive carcinoma in situ (CIS) NMIBC with or without resected papillary tumors who are unable to undergo cystectomy. The RMAT program is intended to expedite the development and review of regenerative medicine therapies for serious or life-threatening conditions, where preliminary clinical evidence suggests potential to address unmet medical needs. Similarly, Fast Track designation is a process designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. Detalimogene has also been selected to participate in the FDA’s Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) Development and Readiness Pilot (CDRP) program. The FDA created the CDRP Program to facilitate CMC development for therapies with compressed clinical development timeframes based on the anticipated clinical benefits of earlier patient access to the therapy.

About the LEGEND Trial

Detalimogene is being evaluated in the ongoing, open-label, multi-cohort, Phase 2 LEGEND trial to establish its safety and efficacy in high-risk NMIBC. LEGEND’s pivotal cohort (Cohort 1) consists of 125 patients with high-risk, BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with CIS (with or without papillary disease) and is designed to serve as the basis of the Company’s planned Biologics License Application (BLA) filing. In addition to this pivotal cohort, LEGEND includes three additional cohorts, including NMIBC patients with CIS who are naïve to treatment with BCG (Cohort 2a); NMIBC patients with CIS who have been exposed to BCG but have not received adequate BCG treatment (Cohort 2b); and BCG-unresponsive high-risk NMIBC patients with papillary-only disease (Cohort 3). The LEGEND trial is actively enrolling patients with sites participating in the USA, Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

(Press release, enGene, APR 7, 2026, View Source [SID1234664220])

On April 7, 2026 Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:FENC; TSX: FRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company, reported the initiation of an investigator-sponsored study by University of Arizona Cancer Center to evaluate use of PEDMARK (sodium thiosulfate injection) in adolescent and young adult (AYA) and adult patients with head and neck and testicular cancers receiving cisplatin.

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PEDMARK is currently approved for pediatric patients one month of age and older with localized, non-metastatic solid tumors, and is also recognized by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network with a 2A recommendation for use in adolescent and young adult patients.

Fennec recently announced the initiation of two other institution-led clinical studies:

● In March 2026, Fennec announced that Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Cancer Institute is initiating a study evaluating the real-world clinical utility of PEDMARK in reducing the risk of ototoxicity in AYA and adult cancer patients receiving cisplatin-based treatment. Additional investigator-initiated studies supporting the use of PEDMARK in additional tumor types and patient populations, including AYA cancer, have been submitted to Fennec and are currently under review.
● In December 2025, Fennec announced that City of Hope, a U.S. cancer research and treatment organization, is evaluating PEDMARK for the prevention of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity (CIO) in adult men with stage II-III metastatic testicular germ cell tumors.

Additional investigator-initiated studies supporting the use of PEDMARK have been submitted to Fennec and are currently under review.

"At Fennec, we are committed to supporting independent research efforts, which help build real-world evidence and expand understanding of how PEDMARK may benefit patients beyond the populations studied in our pivotal trials," said Pierre S. Sayad, PhD, M.S., chief medical officer of Fennec Pharmaceuticals. "Within the last few months, we have announced the initiation of three new studies with leading and highly respected academic and community oncology centers. We believe that data and insights generated through these studies – and others to come – will help support broader clinical adoption of PEDMARK to prevent ototoxicity, or permanent hearing loss, in AYA and adult cancer patients receiving cisplatin-based treatment. We look forward to continued dialogue with regulatory authorities regarding the potential pathways for PEDMARK label expansion as our growing body of evidence-based data matures."

University of Arizona Study Details:

University of Arizona Cancer Center: Tucson, Arizona

Principal Investigator: Lisa Davis / Alejandro Recio-Boiles

Title:

Phase I/II Open-Label Trial of Intravenous Sodium Thiosulfate (PEDMARK) as Otoprotectant in Adults Receiving Cisplatin Chemotherapy

Overview:

Phase I/II study to determine the efficacy of intravenous sodium thiosulfate to reduce hearing impairment caused by cisplatin as determined from prior hazard ratio (HR) risk reduction compared to historical control data and determine the systemic elimination of unbound cisplatin up to 6 hours after infusion.

About Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity

Cisplatin and other platinum-based chemotherapies are widely used to treat solid tumors and have been vital in improving survival rates. Unfortunately, these life-saving treatments often result in permanent, irreversible hearing loss, also known as ototoxicity.i

Hearing loss from cisplatin treatment is not rare. Studies show that between 60-90% of patients treated with cisplatin may develop hearing loss, depending upon the dose and duration of chemotherapyii. Many of those treated with cisplatin will require lifelong hearing aids or cochlear implants, which can be helpful for some, but do not reverse the hearing loss and can be costly over time.iii Treatment-induced hearing loss can reduce quality of survivorship as it impacts many aspects of life, such as speech and language skills, academic performance, social-emotional development, career potential and the ability to live independently.iv,v While audiologic monitoring is recommended to help manage ototoxicity, it is currently underutilized in certain cancer patient populations.

PEDMARK (sodium thiosulfate injection)

PEDMARK is the first and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved therapy indicated to reduce the risk of ototoxicity associated with cisplatin treatment in pediatric patients 1 month of age and older with localized, non-metastatic, solid tumors. It is a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate in single-dose, ready-to-use vials for intravenous use in pediatric patients. PEDMARK is also the first and only therapeutic agent with proven efficacy and safety data with an established dosing regimen, across two open-label, randomized Phase 3 clinical studies, the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Protocol ACCL0431 and SIOPEL 6.

Additionally, PEDMARK is recommended for the adolescent and young adult (AYA) population by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, or NCCN, with a 2A endorsement.

Approximately 500,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed annually with cancers that could be treated with a platinum-based chemotherapy.vi,vii The incidence of ototoxicity depends upon the dose and duration of chemotherapy, and many of those treated will require lifelong hearing aids. Until the FDA approval of PEDMARK, there were no preventative agents for this hearing loss. Patients with hearing loss resulting from cancer treatment have a statistically significant worse quality of life compared with peers who have no hearing loss.viiiix

PEDMARK has been studied by co-operative groups in two Phase 3 clinical studies of survival and reduction of ototoxicity, COG ACCL0431 and SIOPEL 6. Both studies have been completed. The COG ACCL0431 protocol enrolled childhood cancers typically treated with intensive cisplatin therapy for localized and disseminated disease, including newly diagnosed hepatoblastoma, germ cell tumor, osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, and other solid tumors. SIOPEL 6 enrolled only hepatoblastoma patients with localized tumors.

Indications and Usage

PEDMARK (sodium thiosulfate injection) is indicated to reduce the risk of ototoxicity associated with cisplatin in pediatric patients 1 month of age and older with localized, non-metastatic solid tumors.

Limitations of Use

The safety and efficacy of PEDMARK have not been established when administered following cisplatin infusions longer than 6 hours. PEDMARK may not reduce the risk of ototoxicity when administered following longer cisplatin infusions, because irreversible ototoxicity may have already occurred.

Important Safety Information

PEDMARK is contraindicated in patients with history of a severe hypersensitivity to sodium thiosulfate or any of its components.

Hypersensitivity reactions occurred in 8% to 13% of patients in clinical trials. Monitor patients for hypersensitivity reactions. Immediately discontinue PEDMARK and institute appropriate care if a hypersensitivity reaction occurs. Administer antihistamines or glucocorticoids (if appropriate) before each subsequent administration of PEDMARK. PEDMARK may contain sodium sulfite; patients with sulfite sensitivity may have hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylactic symptoms and life-threatening or severe asthma episodes. Sulfite sensitivity is seen more frequently in people with asthma.

PEDMARK is not indicated for use in pediatric patients less than 1 month of age due to the increased risk of hypernatremia or in pediatric patients with metastatic cancers.

Hypernatremia occurred in 12% to 26% of patients in clinical trials, including a single Grade 3 case. Hypokalemia occurred in 15% to 27% of patients in clinical trials, with Grade 3 or 4 occurring in 9% to 27% of patients. Monitor serum sodium and potassium levels at baseline and as clinically indicated. Withhold PEDMARK in patients with baseline serum sodium greater than 145 mmol/L.

Monitor for signs and symptoms of hypernatremia and hypokalemia more closely if the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) falls below 60 mL/min/1.73m2.

Administer antiemetics prior to each PEDMARK administration. Provide additional antiemetics and supportive care as appropriate.

The most common adverse reactions (≥25% with difference between arms of >5% compared to cisplatin alone) in SIOPEL 6 were vomiting, nausea, decreased hemoglobin, and hypernatremia. The most common adverse reaction (≥25% with difference between arms of >5% compared to cisplatin alone) in COG ACCL0431 was hypokalemia.

Please see full Prescribing Information for PEDMARK at: www.PEDMARK.com.

(Press release, Fennec Pharmaceuticals, APR 7, 2026, View Source [SID1234664205])

On April 7, 2026 CatalYm reported that the first patient has been dosed in the GDFATHER-HCC-01 trial (NCT07219459). The trial evaluates the company’s lead anti-GDF-15 antibody visugromab in combination with chemoimmunotherapy as a second-line (2L) treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The Phase 2b trial targets patients who have progressed following 1L treatment with an anti-PD-(L)1-based therapy.

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The trial will assess a treatment strategy combining visugromab with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab and the multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) lenvatinib. The study consists of an open-label safety run-in to confirm the recommended dose for expansion, followed by a randomized, double-blind phase evaluating visugromab plus nivolumab plus lenvatinib versus double placebo plus lenvatinib.

Visugromab is a monoclonal antibody that neutralizes Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF-15), an immunosuppressive cytokine exploited by tumor cells to promote immune evasion and resistance to anti-PD-(L)1 therapies. By neutralizing GDF-15, visugromab aims to restore anti-tumor immune responses to improve outcomes in a setting where 5-year overall survival remains as low as 18%.1 In the exploratory Phase 1/2a GDFATHER trial (NCT04725474), visugromab demonstrated encouraging anti-tumor activity when combined with an anti-PD-1 antibody in advanced-stage, anti-PD-(L)1 relapsed/refractory HCC patients, demonstrating deep and durable responses, with a median duration of response of 21.4 months and a favorable safety profile.

"HCC is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally and continues to present immense clinical challenges, especially in patients who progress on immunotherapy," said Sujata Rao, MD, Chief Medical Officer at CatalYm. "This new trial is designed to combine the immune-restoring properties of visugromab with a checkpoint inhibitor and the standard of care tyrosine kinase inhibitor. With this approach we aim to improve clinical outcomes for HCC patients with limited treatment options."

"Expanding into HCC represents a pivotal step in our strategy to bring visugromab to additional high-need tumor types," said Scott Clarke, Chief Executive Officer at CatalYm. "Visugromab’s dual potential to restore immune sensitivity and address cancer cachexia, which affects nearly one in four patients with HCC at diagnosis, underpins our approach in this study. By combining our antibody with proven standards of care, we aim to shift the treatment paradigm and ultimately improve survival and quality of life for patients who have few options today."

The GDFATHER-HCC-01 trial is a global, randomized, blinded Phase 2b study enrolling approximately 104 participants across 40 sites in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. It consists of two parts:

Part 1: An open-label safety run-in assessing the combination of visugromab with nivolumab and lenvatinib to determine the Recommended Dose for Expansion (RDE).
Part 2: A randomized and double-blind evaluation of the triple combination versus double placebo plus lenvatinib.
The primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS) assessed by local investigators. Key secondary endpoints include overall survival (OS), independently assessed PFS, and objective response rate (ORR). The study will also explore visugromab’s potential to mitigate cancer cachexia using the Functional Assessment of the Anorexia and Cachexia Therapy questionnaire (FAACT-ACS), as muscle wasting and weight loss are common in HCC and known to negatively affect treatment tolerance and clinical outcomes.

About Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The five-year survival rate for HCC is only 18%, second lowest among common cancers1. While checkpoint inhibitors have become a first-line standard of care, most patients with advanced-stage HCC ultimately experience disease progression or relapse. Treatment options in the second-line setting remain limited, underscoring the urgent need for more effective and well-tolerated therapies.

About Visugromab

Visugromab is a monoclonal antibody that neutralizes Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF-15), a locally acting immunosuppressant produced by tumors which fosters immunotherapy resistance and drives cachexia in people with cancer. Neutralizing GDF-15 with visugromab reverses key cancer resistance mechanisms to reinstate an efficient anti-tumor response by re-enabling immune cell activation, proliferation and induction of interferon-γ. In addition, visugromab also mitigates cancer cachexia, a severe condition affecting a significant number of advanced cancer patients by inhibiting the activation of the GFRAL pathway in the brainstem, a key driver of weight loss and appetite suppression in cancer patients.

(Press release, Catalym, APR 7, 2026, View Source [SID1234664221])

On April 7, 2026 Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLSI) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating Fast Track designated GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences, reported an update on new patent claims based on FLAMINGO-01 statistically significant open label immune response and recurrence rate data.

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Statistically significant immune response and recurrence rate data is the basis for new claims recently filed that GLSI-100 clinically benefits non-HLA-A*02 patients, which the Company believes increases the market for GLSI-100 by an additional 100% to 88,000 new patients per year in the US and Europe.
The claims also show a favorable comparison to the blinded HLA-A*02 arms of FLAMINGO-01, without any unblinding.
The invention is solely owned by the Company. If the patent claims are granted, following successful patent prosecution, the patent could provide patent protection through 2045.
The Company plans to expand its immune response analysis of GP2 specific T cells by sequencing the DNA of a patient’s T cells at baseline and after treatment with GP2. The T cell sequences can be compared to the immune response changes over time.

CEO Snehal Patel commented, "We believe that these patent claims, based on statistically significant data, support the enrollment of patients independent of HLA type. In the US, we have already started to enroll both HLA-A*02 and non-HLA-A*02 patients in the same randomized arms in FLAMINGO-01, based on the FDA’s recent review of such protocol changes. The Company will have the option to pursue approval for both HLA-A*02 and non-HLA-A*02 patients using the increased statistical power of a combined analysis of the two patient groups together with the potential to double the market for GP2 to up to $10 billion in revenue per year."

About FLAMINGO-01 Open Label Phase III Data

More than 1,000 patients have been screened with a current screen rate of approximately 800 patients per year. The 250 patient non-HLA-A*02 arm is now fully enrolled, where all patients received GLSI-100, which is 5 times more treated patients and recurrence rate data than the approximately 50 patients treated in the Phase IIb trial. The Primary Immunization Series (PIS), which includes the first 6 GLSI-100 injections over the first 6 months and is required to reach peak protection, is followed by 5 booster injections given every 6 months to prolong the immune response, thereby providing longer-term protection.

In the non-HLA-A*02 arm, a preliminary analysis of recurrence rates after the PIS is completed shows an approximately 80% reduction in recurrence rate.
This observation is trending similarly to the Phase IIb trial results and hazard ratio where HLA-A*02 patients were treated and where breast cancer recurrences were reduced up to 80% compared to a 20-50% reduction in recurrence rate by other approved products.
The immune response at baseline prior to any GLSI-100 treatment, the increasing immune response during the PIS, and the safety profile of non-HLA-A*02 patients is trending similarly to the HLA-A*02 arms of FLAMINGO-01 and to the Phase IIb study.
Analysis of the open label data from FLAMINGO-01 has been conducted in a manner that maintains the study blind. The open label recurrence rate, immune response, and safety data is based on the patients enrolled to date in FLAMINGO-01 and the data provided by the clinical sites so far, which is not completed or fully reviewed, and is thus preliminary. While comparing any preliminary FLAMINGO-01 data to the Phase IIb clinical trial data may be possible, these preliminary results are not a prediction of future results, and the results at the end of the study may differ.

About GLSI-100 Phase IIb Study

In the prospective, randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-center (16 sites led by MD Anderson Cancer Center) Phase IIb clinical trial of HLA-A*02 breast cancer patients, 46 HER2/neu 3+ over-expressor patients were treated with GLSI-100, and 50 placebo patients were treated with GM-CSF alone. After 5 years of follow-up, there was an 80% or greater reduction in cancer recurrences in the HER2/neu 3+ patients who were treated with GLSI-100, followed, and remained disease free over the first 6 months, which we believe is the time required to reach peak immunity and thus maximum efficacy and protection. The Phase IIb results can be summarized as follows:

80% or greater reduction in metastatic breast cancer recurrence rate over 5 years of follow-up with a peak immune response at 6 months and well-tolerated safety profile.
The PIS elicited a potent immune response as measured by local skin tests and immunological assays.
About FLAMINGO-01 and GLSI-100

FLAMINGO-01 (NCT05232916) is a Phase III clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Fast Track designated GLSI-100 (GP2 + GM-CSF) in HER2 positive breast cancer patients who had residual disease or high-risk pathologic complete response at surgery and who have completed both neoadjuvant and postoperative adjuvant trastuzumab based treatment. The trial is led by Baylor College of Medicine and currently includes US and European clinical sites from university-based hospitals and academic and cooperative networks with plans to open up to 150 sites globally. In the double-blinded arms of the Phase III trial, approximately 500 HLA-A*02 patients are planned to be randomized to GLSI-100 or placebo, and up to 250 patients of other HLA types are planned to be treated with GLSI-100 in a third arm. The trial has been designed to detect a hazard ratio of 0.3 in invasive breast cancer-free survival, where 28 events will be required. An interim analysis for superiority and futility will be conducted when at least half of those events, 14, have occurred. This sample size provides 80% power if the annual rate of events in placebo-treated subjects is 2.4% or greater.

For more information on FLAMINGO-01, please visit the Company’s website here and clinicaltrials.gov here. Contact information and an interactive map of the majority of participating clinical sites can be viewed under the "Contacts and Locations" section. Please note that the interactive map is not viewable on mobile screens. Related questions and participation interest can be emailed to: [email protected]

About Breast Cancer and HER2/neu Positivity

One in eight U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over her lifetime, with approximately 300,000 new breast cancer patients and 4 million breast cancer survivors. HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) protein is a cell surface receptor protein that is expressed in a variety of common cancers, including in 75% of breast cancers at low (1+), intermediate (2+), and high (3+ or over-expressor) levels.

(Press release, Greenwich LifeSciences, APR 7, 2026, View Source [SID1234664206])

On April 7, 2026 NextCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing novel, first-in-class, and best-in-class therapies to treat cancer, reported that the U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for SIM0505 for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. SIM0505 is an investigational antibody drug conjugate (ADC) comprised of an antibody that targets Cadherin-6 (CDH6) and a proprietary topoisomerase 1 inhibitor (TOPOi) payload.

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"Securing Fast Track designation for SIM0505 validates the urgent, unmet need for new treatments for platinum resistant ovarian cancer and enables us to work more closely with FDA to accelerate development. We believe this designation will help to streamline and de-risk development through proactive and ongoing engagement with FDA," said Michael Richman, President and CEO of NextCure. "We are committed to bringing SIM0505 to patients as quickly as possible and we plan to initiate dose optimization in ovarian cancer patients in the second quarter of 2026. In addition, we look forward to presenting Phase 1 data on the program at the upcoming 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) conference."

About Fast Track Designation

Fast Track Designation is an FDA process designed to facilitate the development of new therapies to treat serious conditions and fulfill an unmet medical need. Drug candidates that receive Fast Track Designation are eligible for more frequent meetings and written interactions with the FDA, rolling review and priority review.

About SIM0505

SIM0505 is a novel antibody drug conjugate (ADC) directed to cadherin-6 (CDH6 ADC), featuring a proprietary topoisomerase 1 inhibitor (TOPOi) payload. The ADC is designed for broad anti-tumor activity, fast systemic clearance and an improved potential therapeutic window. SIM0505 is being evaluated in an open-label, Phase 1 study (NCT06792552) for the potential treatment of advanced solid tumors, including ovarian cancer, with an emphasis on platinum resistant ovarian cancer. NextCure holds exclusive global rights for SIM0505, excluding China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are retained by Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

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