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Phanes Therapeutics’ PT217 receives Orphan Drug Designation for small cell lung cancer from the FDA


SAN DIEGO, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Phanes Therapeutics, Inc. (Phanes), an emerging leader in innovative discovery research and clinical development in oncology, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to PT217 for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

PT217 is a first-in-class bispecific antibody targeting Delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) and cluster of differentiation 47 (CD47) being developed for patients with SCLC and other neuroendocrine cancers.  SCLC is an aggressive pulmonary carcinoma hallmarked by high early mortality rates and significant morbidities throughout the disease’s progression. The 1-year survival of patients with SCLC is only 32.9%, with only 10.7% of patients surviving 3 years.

“PT217 has the potential to be a transformative treatment option for SCLC patients whose initial response to chemotherapy is short-lived and inevitably becomes resistant to chemotherapeutic agents” said Dr. Ming Wang, Founder and CEO of Phanes Therapeutics. “We have built a strong pipeline in immuno-oncology by leveraging our proprietary technology platforms and expect to file an IND for PT217 by the third quarter of this year. This orphan drug designation follows two recent IND clearances for our PT199, an anti-CD73 monoclonal antibody and PT886, an anti-Claudin 18.2/anti-CD47 bispecific antibody, programs which we are progressing into the clinic.”

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