RE: Another Partner11 Jul 2023 23:44
CellCentric, an innovative UK-based biotechnology company, today announces a strategic investment from Pfizer including $25m to help finance further development of inobrodib, its first-in-class p300/CBP inhibitor to treat specific types of cancer. Pfizer will support CellCentric with its own clinical development program in multiple myeloma (MM) for 2024, alongside ongoing trials in specific haematological malignancies, through its Pfizer Ignite offering.
As part of the collaboration, Astrid Ruefli-Brasse, Vice President, Tumour Biology, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, will join CellCentric’s Scientific Advisory Board and Sriram Krishnaswami, Vice President and Development Head, Multiple Myeloma, Pfizer Global Product Development, will serve as an advisor to CellCentric.
Today’s agreement follows the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent granting of a Fast Track designation for inobrodib to treat patients with late-stage relapsed refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) and orphan drug designation in MM. CellCentric's ongoing blood cancer trial (NCT04068597) involves patients with a range of haematological malignancies including multiple myeloma, but also non-Hodgkin lymphoma, acute myeloid leukaemia, and higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
CellCentric plans to announce its expansion cohort data at the 65th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition which will take place December 9-12, 2023, in San Diego. This will include data from a trial of inobrodib both as a monotherapy and in combination with pomalidomide and plus dexamethasone.