Cullinan Oncology wins FDA nod to run studies for another cancer therapy
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- Cullinan Oncology (NASDAQ:CGEM) announced Monday that the FDA cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for cancer therapy CLN-617, marking the second such regulatory action to favor the company this year.
- Designed to function in the tumor microenvironment following intratumoral injection, CLN-617 is comprised of antitumor cytokines, IL-2, IL-12, and a collagen-binding domain.
- The company expects to start a first-in-human clinical study for CLN-617 in a Phase 1, open-label trial for patients with advanced solid tumors as a single agent and in combination with Merck’s (MRK) pembrolizumab.
- Early this year, Cullinan (CGEM) announced that the FDA cleared its IND for blood cancer therapy CLN-978, paving the way to study it in a Phase 1 trial for relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma