On June 22, 2020 VBL Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VBLT) reported a late-breaking study showing that its proprietary MOSPD2 bi-specific antibody candidates induced T-cell activation and significantly extended the survival of animals carrying established metastatic cervical and breast cancer (p=0.001; p=0.002) (Press release, VBL Therapeutics, JUN 22, 2020, View Source [SID1234561321]). Data are presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Virtual Annual Meeting II, being held June 22–24, 2020.
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"Identifying a tumor-specific target is a key step for developing precise and safe immunotherapy for cancer, and MOSPD2 may be an ideal target. Our new data provide in-vitro and in-vivo proof-of-concept for the potential of VBL’s novel MOSPD2 bi-specific antibody candidates for immuno-oncology mediated therapy for solid tumors," said Dror Harats, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of VBL Therapeutics.
VBL’s research has identified MOSPD2 as a protein involved in cell motility, whose expression is highly elevated in various solid tumors. The proprietary bi-specific antibody candidates developed by VBL have two separate arms – one arm binds to MOSPD2 on tumor cells and the second recruits host T-cells that attack the tumor. The data presented today demonstrate that the company’s bi-specific antibody candidates: 1) mediated killing of tumor cells by CD8 T-cells in a dose-dependent manner; 2) induced T-cell activation in-vivo; and 3) extended survival of tumor-bearing animals. The results highlight the potential of MOSPD2-mediated immuno-oncology therapy for the treatment of various solid tumors.
For VBL’s poster presentations at AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper) kindly see the following links: LB-poster and Poster2
About VBL’s VB-600 Platform
VBL is conducting two parallel drug development programs that are exploring the potential of MOSPD2 (motile sperm domain-containing protein 2), a protein that VBL has identified as a key regulator of cell motility, as a therapeutic target for inflammatory diseases and cancer. Our VB-600 platform comprises classical anti-MOSPD2 investigational monoclonal antibodies for inflammatory indications, as well as bi-specific antibody candidates for oncology.