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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALLO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic CAR T (AlloCAR T™) products for cancer, today announced that it will present updated data from its Phase 1 UNIVERSAL trial of ALLO-715, an anti-BCMA AlloCAR T product candidate for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, in a poster presentation at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) taking place December 10-13, 2022 in New Orleans, LA.
“UNIVERSAL is the first trial to demonstrate significant responses can be achieved with an allogeneic CAR T product candidate. We look forward to presenting updated clinical data with ALLO-715 as we aim to alleviate the barriers patients with multiple myeloma often face when seeking to access cell therapy,” said Rafael Amado, M.D., Executive Vice President of Research & Development of Allogene.
The ASH abstract includes longer-term follow up from UNIVERSAL, including the updated safety experience and efficacy results from two expansion cohorts using lymphodepletion of FC (fludarabine, cyclophosphamide) and ALLO-647 at 39mg or 60mg and a single dose of ALLO-715 at 320M CAR positive cells.
The Company will host an in-person and virtual Research & Development Showcase on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 in New York City. This event will include a discussion of updated data from the UNIVERSAL trial with single dose ALLO-715 and next steps for the program.
The ASH abstracts are now available at www.hematology.org. Details on the ASH presentation are as follows:
Allogene Poster Presentation
Session: 704. Cellular Immunotherapies: Early Phase and Investigational Therapies: Poster I
Abstract #1972
Title: Universal Updated Phase 1 Data Highlights Role of Allogeneic Anti-BCMA ALLO-715 Therapy for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Presenter: Sham Mailankody, MBBS, M.D.
Session Date & Time: Saturday, December 10, 2022; 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Central Time
About Allogene Therapeutics
Allogene Therapeutics, with headquarters in South San Francisco, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell (AlloCAR T™) products for cancer. Led by a management team with significant experience in cell therapy, Allogene is developing a pipeline of “off-the-shelf” CAR T cell candidates with the goal of delivering readily available cell therapy on-demand, more reliably, and at greater scale to more patients. For more information, please visit www.allogene.com, and follow @AllogeneTx on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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AlloCAR T™ is a trademark of Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
ALLO-715 (BCMA) utilizes TALEN® gene-editing technology pioneered and owned by Cellectis. Allogene has an exclusive license to the Cellectis technology for allogeneic products directed at these targets and holds all global development and commercial rights for these investigational candidates.
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