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Legend Biotech to Host Investors at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
SOMERSET, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2022--Legend Biotech Corporation (NASDAQ: LEGN) (Legend Biotech), a global biotechnology company developing, manufacturing and commercializing novel therapies to treat life-threatening diseases, today
announced that it will host an investor event during the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. Taking place on Sunday, June 5 at 6pm Central Time, the meeting will feature Dr. Sundar Jagannath, Professor of Medicine,
Hematology and Medical Oncology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of the Multiple Myeloma Program at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Dr. Jagannath will detail new and updated data from the CARTITUDE Clinical Development Program for ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel), an investigational B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T)
therapy being studied for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The meeting will follow the oral and poster presentations of the studies at the ASCO Annual Meeting.
Investors who are unable to join the event in person can also access it virtually by visiting Events and Presentations on the Legend Biotech website.
About Legend Biotech
Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology
platforms, including autologous and allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to
pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Legend Biotech's strategies and objectives; statements relating to CARVYKTI , including Legend Biotech's expectations for
CARVYKTI , such as Legend Biotech's manufacturing and commercialization expectations for CARVYKTI and the potential effect of treatment with CARVYKTI ; statements about submissions for cilta-cel to, and the progress of such submissions with,
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Chinese Center for Drug Evaluation of National Medical Products Administration (CDE) and other regulatory authorities; the anticipated timing of, and ability
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trial results, including as a result of additional analysis of existing clinical data or unexpected new clinical data; unexpected regulatory actions or delays, including requests for additional safety and/or efficacy data or analysis of data,
or government regulation generally; unexpected delays as a result of actions undertaken, or failures to act, by our third party partners; uncertainties arising from challenges to Legend Biotech's patent or other proprietary intellectual
property protection, including the uncertainties involved in the U.S. litigation process; competition in general; government, industry, and general public pricing and other political pressures; the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic
and governmental and regulatory measures implemented in response to the evolving situation; as well as the other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the Legend Biotech's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and
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Contacts
Joanne Choi, Senior Manager, Legend Biotech
Crystal Chen, Manager, Legend Biotech
Tina Carter, Corporate Communications Lead, Legend Biotech