OS Therapies (NYSE-A: OSTX) (“OS Therapies” or “the Company”), a
clinical-stage immunotherapy and Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC)
biopharmaceutical company, today announced the launch of OS Animal
Health, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary focused on commercializing
OST-HER2 for the treatment of canine osteosarcoma.
- OST-HER2 market opportunity in canine osteosarcoma exceeds $150
million
- Recent data in prevention of amputation in frontline canine
osteosarcoma and control of metastatic osteosarcoma adds to
historical data that supported prior conditional approval related
to increase in overall survival (OS) post-amputation
- Updated commercial manufacturing process to be used in pending
new USDA conditional approval application for frontline, metastatic
and OS in osteosarcoma
OST-HER2 is an off-the-shelf immunotherapy candidate that has
shown positive clinical data in both human pediatric and canine
osteosarcoma. Parent company OS Therapies is advancing towards an
FDA Accelerated Approval submission, anticipated in the third
quarter of 2025, for the prevention of recurrence in pediatric
patients with fully resected, lung-metastatic osteosarcoma.
Concurrently, its wholly-owned subsidiary, OS Animal Health, is
focused on re-establishing USDA conditional approval for OST-HER2
in canine osteosarcoma, with a targeted submission in the second
half of 2025.
“Osteosarcoma is the most common canine cancer, affecting more
than 40,000 dogs in the U.S. each year,” said Paul Romness, CEO of
OS Therapies. “Given the recent issuance of a new patent protecting
the commercial manufacturing process for OST-HER2 and the rest of
our listeria immunotherapy platform into 2040, we now have a clear
commercial opportunity to greatly improve health outcomes in this
deadly canine cancer through OS Animal Health.”
To advance OST-HER2 in the veterinary space with the attention
it deserves, OS Animal Health will operate independently from the
parent company, with separate funding aligned to the needs of the
animal health market.
“Selling into the animal health cancer market is substantially
different than selling into the human cancer market, and as such we
have created this new corporate structure that will be capitalized
separately and independently from the parent company’s balance
sheet so that we can deliver on this unique market opportunity
without diluting OS Therapies share structure,” Mr. Romness added.
“Our current animal health advisors are providing the clinical and
regulatory expertise we need to move the USDA process forward. We
expect OS Animal Health to begin generating revenue as early as
2025.”
According to Grandview Research, the veterinary oncology market
is valued at 1.57 billion, with canine osteosarcoma representing
86% of the total – approximately $1.35 billion. OS Therapies
estimates OST-HER2’s addressable opportunity in U.S. canine
osteosarcoma to be over $150 million.
The canine osteosarcoma treatment market is currently dominated
by chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgical procedures such as
amputation and tumor resection – approaches that often result in
limited overall survival outcomes. OST-HER2 has the potential to
significantly improve how this aggressive cancer is treated in
dogs, offering a less invasive and more targeted alternative to
current options.
OST-HER2 is also featured in the PBS documentary Shelter Me: The
Cancer Pioneers, which offers a look into canine comparative
oncology, a field that compares treatment of cancers in dogs to
those in people and covers developing treatments for rare forms of
cancer. The movie is available via streaming on the PBS
website.
OST-HER2, being developed by parent company OS Therapies, Inc.
for pediatric osteosarcoma, has received Rare Pediatric Disease
Designation (RPDD) for osteosarcoma from the US FDA, and if it
receives a conditional BLA via Accelerated Review prior to
September 30, 2026, it will become eligible to receive a Priority
Review Voucher (PRV) that it intends to immediately sell. The most
recent PRV sale, valued at $155 million, occurred in May 2025.
About OS Therapies
OS Therapies is a clinical stage oncology company focused on the
identification, development, and commercialization of treatments
for osteosarcoma and other solid tumors. OST-HER2, the Company's
lead asset, is an immunotherapy leveraging the immune-stimulatory
effects of Listeria bacteria to initiate a strong immune response
targeting the HER2 protein. OST-HER2 has received Rare Pediatric
Disease Designation (RPDD) from the US Food & Drug
Administration and Fast-Track and Orphan Drug designations from the
US FDA and European Medicines Agency. The Company has demonstrated
positive data in its Phase 2b clinical trial of OST-HER2 in
recurrent, fully resected, lung metastatic osteosarcoma
demonstrating statistically significant benefit in the 12-month
event free survival (EFS) primary endpoint of the study. The
Company anticipates submitting a BLA to the US FDA for OST-HER2 in
osteosarcoma in 2025 and, if approved, would become eligible to
receive a Priority Review Voucher that it could then sell. OST-HER2
has completed a Phase 1 clinical study primarily in breast cancer
patients, in addition to showing preclinical efficacy data in
various models of breast cancer. OST-HER2 has been conditionally
approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the treatment of
canines with osteosarcoma.
In addition, OS Therapies is advancing its next-generation
Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) and Drug Conjugates (DC), known as
tunable ADC (tADC), which features tunable, tailored
antibody-linker-payload candidates. This platform leverages the
Company's proprietary silicone Si-Linker and Conditionally Active
Payload (CAP) technology, enabling the delivery of multiple
payloads per linker. For more information, please visit
www.ostherapies.com.
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plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding
matters that are not historical facts, may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal
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comparable terms involve risks and uncertainties because they
relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the
future. Those statements include statements regarding the intent,
belief or current expectations of OS Therapies and members of its
management, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are
based. OS Therapies cautions readers that forward-looking
statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions
as of the date of this news release and are subject to certain
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially, including, but not limited to the approval of OST-HER2
by the US FDA and grant of a priority review voucher and other
risks and uncertainties described in “Risk Factors” and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” in the Company’s registration statement on
Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) on November 12, 2024, as amended on November 27, 2024, and
other subsequent documents we file with the SEC, including but not
limited to our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking
statements contained in this press release speak only as of the
date hereof, and, except as required by the federal securities
laws, OS Therapies specifically disclaims any obligation to update
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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