On November 10, 2020 Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PIRS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing novel biotherapeutics through its proprietary Anticalin technology platform for respiratory diseases, cancer, and other indications, reported that members of the management team will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences (Press release, Pieris Pharmaceuticals, NOV 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234570469]):

Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:

Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing

                  Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!

Jefferies Virtual London Healthcare Conference

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 3:50PM GMT. A webcast of the Company’s fireside chat will be available at this link.

3rd Annual Evercore ISI HealthCONx Conference

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 3:30PM EST. A webcast of the Company’s fireside chat will be available at this link.

On November 10, 2020 NeuBase Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBSE) ("NeuBase" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company accelerating the genetic revolution using a new class of synthetic medicines, reported that Dietrich A. Stephan, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of NeuBase, will present a corporate overview at the Stifel 2020 Virtual Healthcare Conference being held on November 16 – 18 (Press release, NeuBase Therapeutics, NOV 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234570468]).

Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:

Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing

                  Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!

Stifel 2020 Virtual Healthcare Conference
Date: Tuesday, November 17TH
Time: 8:40 a.m. ET
Location: Webcast Link – or at the company’s website (click here)

On November 10, 2020 bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUE) reported that members of the management team will participate in the following upcoming investor conferences (Press release, bluebird bio, NOV 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234570445]):

Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:

Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing

                  Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!

Cowen 2020 IO Next Summit, Friday, November 13, at 11:15 am ET
Barclays Gene Editing & Gene Therapy Summit, Monday, November 16, at 7:45 am ET
To access the live webcasts of bluebird bio’s presentations, please visit the "Events & Presentations" page within the Investors & Media section of the bluebird bio website at View Source Replays of the webcasts will be available on the bluebird bio website for 90 days following the events.

On November 10, 2020 Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDTX), a precision oncology medicine company pioneering the discovery and development of small molecule, tumor-agnostic therapies, reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 and provided a corporate update (Press release, Black Diamond Therapeutics, NOV 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234570444]).

Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:

Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing

                  Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!

"At Black Diamond, we are leveraging our proprietary MAP platform to pioneer a differentiated approach to drug development, in which we aggregate novel oncogenic driver mutations into druggable families enabling the design of potent and selective MasterKey inhibitor product candidates," said David M. Epstein, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Black Diamond Therapeutics. "This MasterKey profile extends not only to our lead product candidate BDTX-189, which is currently progressing through Phase 1/2 clinical development, but also throughout our early-stage pipeline. We believe the addition of Rachel Humphrey to our executive team to shepherd these programs through the clinic, as well as the appointment of Bob Ingram as Chairman of our Board to lend his leadership and industry expertise, will enable us to realize the potential of our science and to deliver precision medicines to patients who currently lack targeted treatment options."

Recent Developments

Black Diamond continued to enroll and dose patients in the MasterKey-01 study, a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of BTDX-189. The Company remains on track to complete the Phase 1 portion of the trial in the first half of 2021.
In October 2020, Black Diamond presented pre-clinical data on BDTX-189 at the 32nd Annual EORTC-NCI-AACR (Free EORTC-NCI-AACR Whitepaper) Virtual Symposium:
In cell-based assays, BDTX-189 achieved potent inhibition of 48 ErbB mutant variants, including the family of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) Exon 20 insertion mutations, while maintaining selectivity vs. wild-type EGFR (WT-EGFR).
The potency and selectivity profile for BDTX-189 against a selection of allosteric EGFR and HER2 mutations was compared to that of other currently approved ErbB tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and with ErbB TKIs currently in clinical development. BDTX-189’s selectivity compared favorably with the other inhibitors evaluated, which either lacked potency against the broad panel of allosteric ErbB mutant oncogenes or did not achieve targeted selectivity vs. WT-EGFR.
Pre-clinical evaluation of BDTX-189’s pharmacokinetic (PK) profile revealed that BDTX-189 achieved the desired rapid and sustained target occupancy with rapid clearance.
BDTX-189 demonstrated dose-dependent tumor inhibition and regression in both engineered HER2 S310F tumor models and in EGFR Exon 20 insertion patient-derived xenograft models.
Black Diamond continued to advance its program in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) toward nomination of a development candidate, as well as its early-stage pipeline programs derived from the Company’s Mutation-Allostery-Pharmacology (MAP) platform.
In September 2020, Black Diamond appointed biopharmaceutical veteran Robert A. Ingram as Chairman of its Board of Directors.
In September 2020, Black Diamond strengthened its executive team with the appointment of Rachel Humphrey, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer.
Financial Highlights

Black Diamond ended the third quarter of 2020 with $333.1 million in cash, cash equivalents, and investments, compared to $78.7 million for the third quarter of 2019. Net cash used in operations was $11.5 million for the third quarter of 2020 compared to $5.3 million for the third quarter of 2019.
Research and development (R&D) expenses were $12.9 million for the third quarter of 2020 compared to $5.6 million for the third quarter of 2019. The increase in R&D expenses was primarily related to an increase in headcount and external fees related to the development of our MAP platform and our product candidates, including BDTX-189.
General and administrative (G&A) expenses were $5.6 million for the third quarter of 2020 compared to $2.5 million for the third quarter of 2019. The increase in G&A expenses was primarily due to increased headcount and higher legal and other professional fees due to operating as a public company.
Upcoming Events

The Company will present pre-clinical data on Black Diamond’s GBM program at the Society of Neuro-Oncology 2020 Annual Meeting, taking place November 19-21, 2020:
Abstract Title: Potent, selective, and brain penetrant inhibitors of extracellular domain EGFR oncogenic mutants expressed in GBM demonstrate efficacy in an intracranial patient derived xenograft model
Abstract ID: EXTH-59
Session: Experimental and Translation Sciences Session III
David M. Epstein, Ph.D., President and CEO of Black Diamond, will present at the Jefferies Virtual London Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at 2:40 PM GMT/9:40 AM ET.
About MasterKey-01

MasterKey-01 (NCT04209465) is a combined Phase 1/2 open-label, two-part, multicenter study to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and anti-tumor activity of BDTX-189, in adult patients with advanced solid tumors who have no standard therapy available or for whom standard therapy is considered unsuitable or intolerable. Part A is a Phase 1, first-in-human, open-label dose escalation study, comprised of initial single-patient, accelerated titration cohorts followed by multiple-patient cohorts utilizing a Bayesian design. Part A is designed to determine the recommended Phase 2 dose and schedule in up to 100 patients with allosteric human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) or HER3 mutation; epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or HER2 exon 20 insertion mutation; HER2 amplified or overexpressing tumor; or, EGFR exon 19 deletion or L858R mutation. Part B is a Phase 2, open-label, multicenter basket study designed to determine antitumor activity and safety in adult patients with solid tumors that have an allosteric HER2 mutation or EGFR or HER2 exon 20 insertion mutations using next-generation sequencing. This part will utilize a Simon 2-stage design and enroll up to 100 patients in four cohorts: 1) non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR or HER2 exon 20 insertion mutations; 2) breast cancer with an allosteric ErbB mutation; 3) solid tumors (except breast) with S310F/Y mutation; and, 4) other tumors harboring allosteric ErbB mutations not included in cohorts 1-3.

About BDTX-189

BDTX-189 is an orally available, irreversible small molecule inhibitor that is designed to block the function of family of oncogenic proteins defined by driver mutations across a range of tumor types, and which affect both of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and the tyrosine-protein kinase, ErbB-2, or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). BDTX-189 is designed as a MasterKey inhibitor targeting a family of previously undrugged and functionally similar mutations in a tumor-agnostic manner. These mutations include extracellular domain allosteric mutations of HER2, as well as EGFR and HER2 kinase domain Exon 20 insertions, and additional activating oncogenic drivers of ErbB. The ErbB receptors are a group of receptor tyrosine kinases involved in key cellular functions, including cell growth and survival. BDTX-189 is also designed to spare normal, or wild-type, EGFR, which we believe has the potential to improve upon the toxicity profiles of current ErbB kinase inhibitors. Currently, there are no medicines approved by the FDA to target all of these oncogenic mutations with a single therapy.

BDTX-189 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial (MasterKey-01) in adult patients with advanced solid tumors with at least one MasterKey mutation who have no standard therapy available or for whom standard therapy is considered unsuitable or intolerable. In July 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track designation to BDTX-189 for the treatment of adult patients with solid tumors harboring an allosteric HER2 mutation or an EGFR or HER2 Exon 20 insertion mutation who have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory treatment options.

On November 10, 2020 Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, reported pipeline updates, recent business highlights and third quarter 2020 financial results (Press release, Beam Therapeutics, NOV 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234570443]).

Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:

Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing

                  Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!

"2020 has been a year of significant progress for Beam," said John Evans, chief executive officer of Beam. "Since the start of the year, we’ve named three development candidates from our portfolio, now including BEAM-201, our multiplex editing program for the treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We are also pleased to report that we’re on track to submit our first IND in the second half of 2021, with BEAM-101 for the treatment of sickle cell disease. The continued advancement of our pipeline is a testament to both the strength and breadth of our base editing platform and our exceptional team. Combined with the capital we’ve added to our balance sheet, we are well positioned to continue our strategy of advancing multiple programs to the clinic in parallel, in the hope of providing much-needed new treatment options for patients with serious diseases."

Base Editing Progress

First CAR-T Base Editing Development Candidate, BEAM-201, Named for Treatment of T-ALL; Data Presented at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper)’s 35th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs (SITC 2020): Beam is advancing BEAM-201, a potent and specific anti-CD7 CAR-T multiplex editing program for the treatment of relapsed/refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), a severe disease affecting children and adults with five-year overall survival of less than 25%. BEAM-201 is produced using a GMP-compliant, clinical-scale process in which T-cells derived from healthy donors are simultaneously base edited at four genomic loci then transduced with a lentivirus coding for an anti-CD7 CAR. The resulting cells are universally-compatible, allogeneic ("off the shelf") CD7-targeting CAR-T cells resistant to both fratricide and immunosuppression. Preclinical data from this approach were reported in a poster as part of SITC (Free SITC Whitepaper) 2020, which is being held virtually from November 9-14, 2020. Editing with BEAM-201 led to potent, dose-dependent tumor control in vitro and in an in vivo xenograft mouse model. Details of the presentation are as follows:
Title: Highly Efficient Multiplexed Base Editing Enables the Development of Investigational Universal CD7-targeting CAR-T Cells to Treat T-ALL
Publication Number: 111
Category: Cellular Therapies
Upcoming Base Editing Data Presentations

First Data Highlighting Base Editing Program for Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia to be Presented at American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases’ (AASLD) The Liver Meeting Digital Experience: Beam will present the first data highlighting its novel base-editing strategy for correcting disease-causing mutations underlying Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia (GSDIa) during a poster session at AASLD’s The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, which is being held virtually November 13-16, 2020. Details of the presentation are as follows:
Title: Base-Editing as a Therapeutic Approach for the Direct Correction of Disease-Causing Mutations Underlying Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia
Publication Number: 0589
Session Title: Genomics and Precision Medicine
Beam will also report data during an oral presentation at AASLD from its Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1) program. Details of the presentation are as follows:

Title: Evaluation of Adenine Base Editing as a Potential Treatment for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Publication Number: 0032
Session Title: Parallel 3: Metabolic and Genetic Diseases
Session Broadcast Date and Time: Saturday, November 14, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET
Updated Data from Novel Sickle Cell Disease Approaches to be Presented at 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2020): Beam is pursuing two differentiated base editing approaches to treat hemoglobinopathies, BEAM-101 and BEAM-102, and will present updated preclinical data from these two complementary editing programs during poster sessions at ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) 2020, being held virtually December 5-8, 2020. Details of the presentations are as follows:
Title: Adenine Base Editing of the Sickle Allele in CD34+ Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells Eliminates Hemoglobin S
Session: 801. Gene Editing, Therapy and Transfer: Poster I
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2020
Publication Number: 1543
Title: Adenine Base Editing of Gamma Globin Gene Promoters Shows No Detectable Off-Target RNA or DNA Editing
Session: 801. Gene Editing, Therapy and Transfer: Poster I
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2020
Publication Number: 1545
Recent Business Highlights

Successful $135 Million Follow-on Offering Completed: In October 2020, Beam sold 5,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $23.50 per share. Underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The gross proceeds of the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Beam, were approximately $135.1 million. The net proceeds of the offering were $126.6 million.
Leadership Update – Courtney Wallace Promoted to Chief Business Officer: In November 2020, Beam promoted Courtney Wallace to chief business officer. Ms. Wallace previously served as senior vice president, head of business development and strategy at Beam. Ms. Wallace has served as Beam’s head of corporate strategy and business development since 2018.
Upcoming Investor Conference Presentation

John Evans, chief executive officer, will participate in a fireside chat during the Jefferies Virtual London Healthcare Conference on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 4:25 p.m. GMT/11:25 a.m. ET.

The live webcast will be available in the investor section of the company’s website at www.beamtx.com. The webcast will be archived for 60 days following the presentation.

Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Cash Position: Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $202.2 million as of September 30, 2020. This cash balance does not include the proceeds of the October 2020 offering.
Research & Development (R&D) Expenses: R&D expenses were $29.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $12.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.
General & Administrative (G&A) Expenses: G&A expenses were $7.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $5.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.
Net Loss: Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $34.5 million, or $0.69 per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $22.3 million, or $3.31 per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.