YMAB Y mAbs Therapeutics Inc

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Y-mAbs”) (Nasdaq: YMAB) a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it will host a virtual research and development day on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 from 12pm – 2pm Eastern Time.

This webinar will feature presentations from Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) Shakeel Modak, M.D., MRCP, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Jaume Mora, M.D., Ph.D., SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, and Brian H. Santich, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering.

• Dr. Modak will discuss DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk) in combination with chemotherapy;
• Dr. Mora will present updated frontline data for DANYELZA; and
• Dr. Santich will cover the novel SADA Technology Platform (Liquid RadiationTM) and its potential use across various tumor types

Additionally, Y-mAbs' management team will also provide updates on DANYELZA in osteosarcoma, 177Lu-omburtamab-DTPA, omburtamab’s 101 and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (“DIPG”) studies, and the Company’s first bispecific antibody nivatrotamab (GD2xCD3-BsAb) along with a short corporate overview.

Following the formal presentations, Drs. Modak, Mora, and Santich, as well as the Y-mAbs management team will be available to answer questions.

To register for the research and development day, please click here.

Shakeel Modak, M.D., MRCP is a pediatric Hematology-Oncology doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics in New York, NY. He received his MBBS and M.D. degrees from TN Medical College, Bombay, as well as his MRCP degree at Royal College of Physicians, London, UK. Dr. Modak specializes in the treatment of children and young adults with neuroblastoma and other solid tumors, such as desmoplastic small round cell tumors (“DSRCT”). He has been named to Best Doctors, New York City for the past seven years in a row. Dr. Modak has been the principal investigator on more than 12 studies initiated and implemented for neuroblastoma and DSRCT. He has also been the co-investigator on over 50 clinical studies.

Jaume Mora, M.D., Ph.D. is the scientific director of the Oncology and Hematology area at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, as well as the director of the Developmental Tumours Laboratory at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital. Dr. Mora is a member of different national and international scientific societies, including the International Pediatric Oncology Society, which has awarded him the Schweisguth Prize, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (“ASCO”), which in 2000 honored him with the young investigator award (YIA), as well as the Career Development Award (“CDA”). In 2011, Dr. Mora was the recipient of the annual BBVA Foundation Award and in 2006 was awarded the First Prize from the Spanish Association Against Cancer (“AECC”) for his work in childhood cancers.

Brian H. Santich, Ph.D. is Research Fellow at the Nai-Kong Cheung Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is an experienced PhD scientist with 10 years of training in antibody engineering, T-cell immunotherapy, targeted radionuclide therapy and immunology. His work has spanned many diseases including cancer (neuroblastoma, small-cell lung cancer), viral infections (HIV, dengue virus), and primary immunodeficiencies (chronic granulomatous disease). Brian’s research projects have ranged from antibody discovery campaigns (phage display, yeast display), humanizations, lead optimization, lab scale manufacturing and purification, to functional validation (in vitro and in vivo) and IND-enabling toxicology studies. His work helped facilitated the successful IND application for nivatrotamab, as well as spearheaded the development of the novel targeted radionuclide therapy platform, SADA. Over the past five years, Brian has filed 11 patents and written three first author manuscripts.

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (“MSK”) developed DANYELZA, which is exclusively licensed by MSK to Y-mAbs. As a result of this licensing arrangement, MSK has institutional financial interests related to the compound and Y-mAbs.

About DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk)DANYELZA (naxitamab-gqgk) is indicated, in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (“GM-CSF”), for the treatment of pediatric patients 1 year of age and older and adult patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow who have demonstrated a partial response, minor response, or stable disease to prior therapy. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate and duration of response. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefits in a confirmatory trial. DANYELZA includes a Boxed Warning for serious infusion-related reactions, such as cardiac arrest and anaphylaxis, and neurotoxicity, such as severe neuropathic pain and transverse myelitis. See full Prescribing Information for complete Boxed Warning and other important safety information.

About Y-mAbsY-mAbs is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer. The Company has a broad and advanced product portfolio and pipeline, including one FDA approved product, DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk), which targets tumors that express GD2, and one pivotal-stage product candidate, omburtamab, which targets B7-H3.

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