On November 9, 2021Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure, reported the upcoming presentation of preclinical data highlighting P-BCMA-ALLO1 for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and P-MUC1C-ALLO1 for the treatment of multiple solid tumor indications at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper) 2021 Annual Meeting (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper), being held in Washington, D.C., and virtually November 10-14, 2021 (Press release, Poseida Therapeutics, NOV 9, 2021, View Source [SID1234594923]).

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"We are pleased to share preclinical data for P-BCMA-ALLO1 and P-MUC1C-ALLO1, our first fully allogeneic candidates," said Devon Shedlock, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Cell Therapies at Poseida Therapeutics. "The results being shared at SITC (Free SITC Whitepaper) not only demonstrate potent antitumor efficacy in preclinical models for our allogeneic product candidates, but also further validate the capabilities of our piggyBac and Cas-CLOVER technologies. Using our proprietary manufacturing process which includes our booster molecule, we have the potential to produce hundreds of patient doses from a single manufacturing run while also preserving high levels of stem cell memory T cells (TSCM), which are correlated with antitumor efficacy in the clinic. We have recently received FDA clearance on our P-BCMA-ALLO1 IND and are in the process of initiating a Phase 1 trial. We look forward to advancing our P-MUC1C-ALLO1 CAR-T candidate with an IND filing expected later this year."

Poseida is presenting two posters, which will be on display on the SITC (Free SITC Whitepaper) 2021 virtual meeting platform from 7 a.m. EST on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 until the virtual meeting platform is closed on Jan. 9, 2022.

Presentation Highlights:

In the poster titled "Memory Phenotype in Allogeneic Anti-BCMA CAR-T Cell Therapy (P-BCMA-ALLO1) Correlates with In Vivo Tumor Control" (Abstract Number 147), Hubert Tseng, Ph.D., Poseida Therapeutics, will highlight:

Using the Company’s piggyBac DNA Delivery System in combination with its Cas-CLOVER gene editing system and a proprietary "booster molecule," Poseida generated doses of P-BCMA-ALLO1 from healthy donor T cells and consistently maintain high frequency of stem cell memory T cells.
Cas-CLOVER was used to eliminate surface expression of both the TCR and MHC class I to make fully allogeneic CAR-T cells. In addition to the CAR molecule, piggyBac enables delivery of a selectable marker allowing the generation of a final cell product that is >95% CAR-positive.
P-BCMA-ALLO1 is comprised of a high frequency of TSCM. It has potent in vivo antitumor activity, which is comparable to non-edited autologous anti-BCMA CAR-T cell therapy. Expression of memory markers at both the mRNA and protein levels across individual lots significantly correlates with in vivo tumor control.
P-BCMA-ALLO1 is a highly potent and safe allogeneic anti-BCMA CAR with a manufacturing process that consistently maintains a TSCM phenotype, which correlates with antitumor efficacy. P-BCMA-ALLO1 has received FDA IND clearance and is advancing rapidly toward the clinic.
In the poster titled "P-MUC1C-ALLO1: A Fully Allogeneic Stem Cell Memory T Cell CAR-T Therapy with Broad Potential in Solid Tumor" (Abstract Number 123), Yan Zhang, Ph.D., Poseida Therapeutics, will highlight:

P-MUC1C-ALLO1 is manufactured using Poseida’s piggyBac DNA delivery system and Cas-CLOVER gene editing system to knockout both the TCR and MHC class I proteins. Poseida can generate significant doses of P-MUC1C-ALLO1 including a high-percentage of desirable TSCM cells.
P-MUC1C-ALLO1 displayed specificity for tumor vs normal cells: MUC1C CAR-T cells had potent cytotoxicity against tumor cells, and minimal killing of normal MUC1-C-positive human primary cells.
In a triple negative breast cancer xenograft model, P-MUC1C-ALLO1 eliminated established tumor cells, demonstrating robust T cell expansion in peripheral blood and maintained a favorable TSCM percentage over time.
P-MUC1C-ALLO1 has also shown robust efficacy in a peritoneal ovarian cancer xenograft model, eliminating established tumor cells to undetectable levels with minimal toxicity.
About P-BCMA-ALLO1
P-BCMA-ALLO1 is Poseida’s first fully allogeneic product candidate targeting B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. In in vitro and in vivo preclinical studies, P-BCMA-ALLO1 showed effective targeted cancer cell killing and cytokine secretion, with similar or superior performance in anti-tumor efficacy compared to an autologous CAR-T therapy, P-BCMA-101. Inclusion of a proprietary booster molecule in the allogeneic manufacturing process further improves expansion of gene-edited cells and may potentially enable production of hundreds of patient doses from a single manufacturing run, thereby potentially reducing the manufacturing cost per dose into the same range as that of a monoclonal antibody. In August 2021, Poseida announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for P-BCMA-ALLO1 received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

About P-MUC1C-ALLO1
P-MUC1C-ALLO1 is an allogeneic CAR-T product candidate in preclinical development with the potential to treat a wide range of solid tumors derived from epithelial cells, including breast and ovarian cancers, as well as other cancers expressing a cancer-specific form of the Mucin 1 protein, or MUC1C. We have designed P-MUC1C-ALLO1 to be fully allogeneic, with genetic edits to eliminate or reduce both host-vs-graft and graft-vs-host alloreactivity. We have demonstrated the elimination of tumor cells to undetectable levels in preclinical models of breast cancer and ovarian cancer.