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Arvinas and Pfizer Announce PROTAC Protein Degrader ARV-471 Continues to Demonstrate Encouraging Clinical Benefit Rate in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer ARV-471 continues to show a f

Key Takeaway: Arvinas and Pfizer Announce PROTAC Protein Degrader ARV-471 Continues to Demonstrate Encouraging Clinical Benefit Rate in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer ARV-471 continues to show a favorable tolerability profile and robust ER degradation in

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Arvinas and Pfizer Announce PROTAC Protein
Degrader ARV-471 Continues to Demonstrate Encouraging Clinical Benefit Rate in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer
ARV-471 continues to show a favorable tolerability profile and robust ER degradation in
updated phase 1 dose escalation data presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
ARV-471 is expected to enter two Phase 3 registrational clinical trials in 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn., and
NEW YORK, December 10, 2021 Arvinas, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARVN) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced an update on Phase 1 dose escalation data of ARV-471, a novel PROTAC estrogen receptor (ER) degrader, which is being co-developed for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer (ER+/HER2-). These data were presented as a virtual spotlight poster session at the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)
Erika P. Hamilton, MD, Director of the Breast Cancer and
Gynecologic Cancer Research Program and Principal Investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, provided an overview of these data.
continue to suggest that ARV-471 has the potential to become a first-in-category treatment, and a new standard of care, for
ER+/HER2- breast cancer patients. said John Houston, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at Arvinas. The profile we see emerging for this drug candidate continues to validate our
PROTAC protein degrader platform, with ARV-471 showing clear signals of clinical benefit in a heavily pretreated patient population, including tumor
shrinkage and good tolerability.
These data support and further validate the evaluation of ARV-471 as a
potential treatment for metastatic breast cancer that is ongoing in a Phase 1b combination study with IBRANCE (palbociclib) and a Phase 2 monotherapy dose expansion study.
We are excited by these results and believe ARV-471 is a promising
ER-targeting investigational medicine, said Chris Boshoff, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Development Officer, Oncology, Pfizer Global Product Development. It is encouraging to see ARV-471 continuing to show durable efficacy and tolerability in heavily pre-treated patients with ER+ breast cancer who have limited treatment choices.
ARV-471 Clinical Update
cut-off date of September 30, 2021, 60 adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer were treated in the Phase 1 dose escalation portion of the study with total daily ARV-471 doses ranging from 30 mg to 700 mg. This patient group is heavily pretreated, with a median of four prior therapies. All patients were previously treated with cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors;
80% of patients received prior fulvestrant; and 78% received prior chemotherapy.
Of 47 patients who were evaluable for clinical benefit (confirmed complete response, PR, or stable disease 24
weeks) the CBR was 40%. As of the data cutoff date, 14 patients were continuing to receive study treatment, including two patients who had been on treatment for over 18 months. Three confirmed PRs were observed among the 38 patients with baseline
RECIST measurable disease and at least one on-treatment tumor assessment.
Patients were treated in the monotherapy escalation at total daily doses of 30 mg (n=3), 60 mg (n=3), 120 mg (n=7), 180/200 mg (n=11), 360 mg (n=15), 500 mg
(n=17), and 700 mg (n= 4). All patients in the 700 mg cohort received ARV-471 twice-daily, a subset of patients who received 500 mg as a total daily dose received
ARV-471 twice-daily, and other all doses were administered once-daily. A maximum tolerated dose was not reached and no dose limiting toxicities or Grade 4
treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were observed. Of the 60 patients, 37% had Grade 1 TRAEs and 57% had Grade 2 TRAEs, and the most common TRAEs were nausea (29%), fatigue (20%), and vomiting
(10%). No Grade 1 or 2 TRAEs led to discontinuation or dose reduction of ARV-471. Four patients experienced six Grade 3 TRAEs that were potentially related to ARV-471,
including: headache lasting 1-day, single occurrence of asymptomatic increased amylase and lipase, nausea and asymptomatic QTc prolongation, and post-biopsy venous embolism. The patient with the venous
embolism was the only Grade 3 patient who discontinued ARV-471 due to a TRAE, and the patient with Grade 3 nausea was the only patient with a dose reduction due to a TRAE (reduced from 500 mg to 400 mg daily).
In paired biopsies from 14 patients
across all doses up to 500 mg daily, robust ER degradation of up to 89% was observed, regardless of ESR1 mutation status. Median and mean ER degradation across dose levels were 67% and 64%, respectively.
ARV-471 demonstrated a dose-related increase in plasma exposure, with doses from 30 mg to 500 mg daily, resulting in
steady-state Cmax and AUC24 that exceeded the exposure associated with tumor regression in preclinical breast cancer models. Mean
exposure on day 15 exceeded the nonclinical efficacious range at doses 60 mg daily.
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Investor Conference Call Details
conference call and webcast at 8:30 AM ET on Friday, December 10, 2021, to discuss these data. Pfizer Oncology executives will also participate in this call. Participants are invited to listen by dialing (844)
467-7654 (domestic) or (602) 563-8497 (international) five minutes prior to the start of the call and providing the passcode 9122219.
Supporting materials for the conference call and webcast will be available on the Arvinas website
at www.arvinas.com under Events + Presentations. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the Arvinas website following the presentation.
ARV-471 is an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader designed to specifically target and degrade the estrogen receptor (ER) for the
treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer.
In preclinical studies,
ARV-471 demonstrated near-complete ER degradation in tumor cells, induced robust tumor shrinkage when dosed as a single agent in multiple ER-driven xenograft models, and
showed superior anti-tumor activity when compared to a standard of care agent, fulvestrant, both as a single agent and in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor. In July 2021, Arvinas announced a global collaboration with Pfizer for the co-development and co-commercialization of ARV-471; Arvinas and Pfizer will equally share worldwide development costs,
commercialization expenses, and profits.
Arvinas is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases
through the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies that degrade disease-causing proteins. Arvinas uses its proprietary PROTAC Discovery Engine platform to engineer
proteolysis targeting chimeras, or PROTAC targeted protein degraders, that are designed to harness the body s own natural protein disposal system to selectively and efficiently degrade
and remove disease-causing proteins. In addition to its robust preclinical pipeline of PROTAC protein degraders against validated and undruggable targets, the company has three
clinical-stage programs: ARV-110 and ARV-766 for the treatment of men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer; and
ARV-471 for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. For more information, visit www.arvinas.com.
Arvinas Forward-Looking Statements
contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the development and regulatory status of ARV-471 and other candidates in our pipeline, and
the timing of clinical trials and data from those trials and plans for registration for our product candidates, the therapeutic potential of our product candidates, and the potential commercialization of any of our product candidates. All
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various risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: whether we and Pfizer will be able to successfully conduct and complete clinical development for ARV-471, initiate and complete other clinical
trials for our product candidates, and receive results from our clinical trials on our expected timelines, or at all and other important factors discussed in the Risk Factors sections contained in our quarterly and annual reports on file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect our current views with respect to future events, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as
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About IBRANCE (palbociclib) 125 mg tablets and capsules
IBRANCE is an oral inhibitor of CDKs 4 and 6,1 which are key regulators of the cell cycle that
trigger cellular progression.2,3 In the U.S., IBRANCE is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with HR+, HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with an aromatase
inhibitor as initial endocrine based therapy in postmenopausal women or in men; or with fulvestrant in patients with disease progression following endocrine therapy.
The full U.S. Prescribing Information for the IBRANCE tablets and the IBRANCE capsules can be found here and here.
IMPORTANT IBRANCE (palbociclib) SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE U.S. PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
Neutropenia was the most frequently reported adverse reaction in PALOMA-2 (80%) and PALOMA-3 (83%). In PALOMA-2, Grade 3 (56%) or 4 (10%) decreased neutrophil counts were reported in patients receiving IBRANCE plus letrozole. In
PALOMA-3, Grade 3 (55%) or Grade 4 (11%) decreased neutrophil counts were reported in patients receiving IBRANCE plus fulvestrant. Febrile neutropenia has been reported in 1.8% of patients exposed to IBRANCE
across PALOMA-2 and PALOMA-3. One death due to neutropenic sepsis was observed in PALOMA-3. Inform patients to promptly report
Monitor complete blood count prior to starting IBRANCE, at the beginning of each cycle, on Day 15 of first 2 cycles and as clinically
indicated. Dose interruption, dose reduction, or delay in starting treatment cycles is recommended for patients who develop Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia.
Severe, life-threatening, or fatal interstitial lung disease (ILD) and/or pneumonitis can occur in patients treated with CDK4/6
inhibitors, including IBRANCE when taken in combination with endocrine therapy. Across clinical trials (PALOMA-1, PALOMA-2,
PALOMA-3), 1.0% of IBRANCE-treated patients had ILD/pneumonitis of any grade, 0.1% had Grade 3 or 4, and no fatal cases were reported. Additional cases of ILD/pneumonitis have been observed in the
post-marketing setting, with fatalities reported.
Monitor patients for pulmonary symptoms indicative of ILD/pneumonitis (e.g., hypoxia, cough, dyspnea).
In patients who have new or worsening respiratory symptoms and are suspected to have developed pneumonitis, interrupt IBRANCE immediately and evaluate the patient. Permanently discontinue IBRANCE in patients with severe ILD or pneumonitis.
Based on the mechanism of action, IBRANCE can cause fetal harm. Advise females of reproductive
potential to use effective contraception during IBRANCE treatment and for at least 3 weeks after the last dose. IBRANCE may impair fertility in males and has the potential to cause genotoxicity. Advise male patients to consider
sperm preservation before taking IBRANCE. Advise male patients with female partners of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during IBRANCE treatment and for 3 months after the last dose. Advise females to inform their healthcare
provider of a known or suspected pregnancy. Advise women not to breastfeed during IBRANCE treatment and for 3 weeks after the last dose because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants.
The most common adverse reactions ( 10%) of any grade
reported in PALOMA-2 for IBRANCE plus letrozole vs placebo plus letrozole were neutropenia (80% vs 6%), infections (60% vs 42%), leukopenia (39% vs 2%), fatigue (37% vs 28%), nausea (35% vs
26%), alopecia (33% vs 16%), stomatitis (30% vs 14%), diarrhea (26% vs 19%), anemia (24% vs 9%), rash (18% vs 12%), asthenia (17% vs 12%), thrombocytopenia (16% vs 1%), vomiting (16% vs 17%), decreased appetite (15% vs 9%), dry skin (12% vs 6%),
pyrexia (12% vs 9%), and dysgeusia (10% vs 5%).
The most frequently reported Grade
( 5%) in PALOMA-2 for IBRANCE plus letrozole vs placebo plus letrozole were neutropenia (66% vs 2%),
leukopenia (25% vs 0%), infections (7% vs 3%), and anemia (5% vs 2%).
Lab abnormalities of any grade occurring in PALOMA-2 for IBRANCE plus letrozole vs placebo plus letrozole were decreased WBC (97% vs 25%), decreased neutrophils (95% vs 20%), anemia (78% vs 42%), decreased platelets (63% vs 14%), increased
aspartate aminotransferase (52% vs 34%), and increased alanine aminotransferase (43% vs 30%).
The most common adverse reactions
( 10%) of any grade reported in PALOMA-3 for IBRANCE plus fulvestrant vs placebo plus fulvestrant were
neutropenia (83% vs 4%), leukopenia (53% vs 5%), infections (47% vs 31%), fatigue (41% vs 29%), nausea (34% vs 28%), anemia (30% vs 13%), stomatitis (28% vs 13%), diarrhea (24% vs 19%), thrombocytopenia (23% vs 0%), vomiting (19% vs 15%), alopecia
(18% vs 6%), rash (17% vs 6%), decreased appetite (16% vs 8%), and pyrexia (13% vs 5%).
The most frequently reported Grade 3 adverse reactions ( 5%) in PALOMA-3 for
Last updated: Dec 10, 2021