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Bio Announces Final Phase I Clinical Data for its Soluble TNF Inhibitor, INB03, Demonstrates Efficacy and Safety; INB03 is Advancing
II program to focus on women with trastuzumab resistant HER2+ breast cancer
JOLLA, Calif. , Dec. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- INmune Bio, Inc., an immunology company developing therapies that
reprogram the patient's innate immune system to treat diseases, today announced that it has successfully completed the Phase
I trial of INB03 and the database has been locked. The Phase I trial was an open-label, dose-escalation trial in patients
with advanced solid tumors. "This was our first trial of the DN-TNF platform in patients, and we are pleased with
the safety and efficacy results," said RJ Tesi, MD, CEO and CMO of INmune Bio. "This milestone now allows
us to move the trial to Phase II in cancer and leverage our data into other programs for our DN-TNF platform."
Phase II program will be targeting trastuzumab resistant HER2+ breast cancer using INB03 as part of combination therapy. The program
is based on data presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in 2018 by Professor Roxana Schillaci. The data revealed
that women with MUC4 expressing HER2+ breast cancers have worse survival than women who do not express MUC4. Furthermore, the
data illustrated treatment with INB03 decreased MUC4 expression to make the HER2 expressing cancer sensitive to trastuzumab.
to trastuzumab is common problem in women with HER2+ breast cancer," said RJ Tesi, MD, CEO and CMO of INmune Bio. "Current
therapies attempt to treat the breast cancer without eliminating the resistance mechanism. In animal models, INB03, by neutralizing
the soluble TNF that drives MUC4 expression, makes the resistant cancer cells sensitive to trastuzumab. We plan to confirm
this observation in the Phase II clinical trial in women with metastatic HER2+ breast cancer."
cancer is the most common cancer in women in the US with more than 268,000 new cases in 2019 according to the from the American
Cancer Society. Because of the population growth and demographic changes, more than 400,000 new cases of breast
cancer are expected in 2030. The breast cancer therapy market is expected to grow at more than 9% CAGR and will be
valued in excess of $28 billion USD in 2024.
INmune Bio, Inc. INmune Bio, Inc. is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: INMB), clinical-stage biotechnology company
focused on developing treatments that target the innate immune system to fight disease. INmune Bio has two product platforms.
The DN-TNF product platform utilizes dominant-negative technology to selectively neutralize soluble TNF, a key driver of innate
immune dysfunction and mechanistic target of many diseases. DN-TNF is currently being developed for cancer (INB03), Alzheimer's
(XPro1595), and NASH (LivNate). The Innate Immune Priming Platform includes INKmune aimed at priming the patient's NK cells
to eliminate minimal residual disease in patients with cancer. To learn more, please visit www.inmunebio.com.
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and uncertainties. INB03 and XPro1595 are still in clinical trials and have not been approved and there cannot be any assurance
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