On June 1, 2017 Immunocore Limited, the world’s leading TCR company developing biological drugs to treat cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases, reported that new clinical data from a second Phase I study of its lead programme, IMCgp100, will be presented in a poster session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting in Chicago on 3 June 2017 (Press release, Immunocore, JUN 1, 2017, View Source [SID1234519332]). Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo! The abstract will be presented by Dr Takami Sato, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, in the poster session Melanoma/Skin Cancers on Saturday 3 June, 13:15-16:45. The title of the abstract (number 9531, found at Poster Board number 139) is: Intra-patient escalation dosing strategy with IMCgp100 results in mitigation of T-cell based toxicity and preliminary efficacy in advanced uveal melanoma.
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Chris Coughlin, Chief Medical Officer of Immunocore commented: "We continue to be excited by the compelling clinical data we are observing with IMCgp100 in patients uveal melanoma and are advancing our lead programme into a pivotal study. There are no treatments that have shown any survival benefit in this disease so the unmet need is high."