Syndax Announces Presentations at the 2018 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced eight presentations at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting being held April 14-18, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

Details on Preclinical Presentations

Oral Presentations:

Title: VTP-50469 is a novel, orally-available Menin-MLL1 targeted inhibitor effective against MLL-Rearranged and NPM1-mutant leukemia
Presenter: Andrei V. Krivtsov, PhD
Category: Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics
Session: Early Novel Drug Development
Abstract Number: 4958
Location: McCormick Place South, Room S102 (Level 1)
Date and Time: Tuesday April 17, 2018 3:50 PM - 4:05 PM C.T.

Title: Entinostat transforms the suppressive tumor microenvironment of breast cancer and promotes survival and anti-responses when combined with checkpoint inhibition
Presenter: Evanthia T. Roussos Torres, MD, PhD
Category: Immunology
Session: Epigenetic and Metabolic Regulation of Cancer Immunity
Abstract Number: 4965
Location: McCormick Place West, Room W196 (Level 1)
Date and Time: Tuesday April 17, 2018 3:50 PM - 4:05 PM C.T.

Poster Presentations:

Title: Enhanced anti-tumor activity of the combination of entinostat and NKTR214 in renal and colon cancer tumor models 
Category: Tumor Biology
Session: Role of the Innate Immune System in Tumorigenesis
Abstract Number: 123
Location: McCormick Place South, Exhibit Hall A, Poster Section 5
Date and Time: Sunday April 15, 2018; 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM C.T.

Title: Epigenetic reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment by Entinostat increases tumor sensitivity to multivalent immunotherapy combinations with an IL-15 superagonist plus vaccine or immune checkpoint blockade 
Category: Immunology
Session: Modifiers of the Tumor Microenvironment 2
Abstract Number: 1740
Location: McCormick Place South, Exhibit Hall A, Poster Section 33
Date and Time: Monday April 16, 2018; 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM C.T.

Title: Epigenetic modulation of the tumor microenvironment enhances immune checkpoint efficacy in a murine model of pancreatic cancer 
Category: Immunology
Session: Modifiers of the Tumor Microenvironment 2
Abstract Number: 1746
Location: McCormick Place South, Exhibit Hall A, Poster Section 33
Date and Time: Monday April 16, 2018; 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM C.T.

Title: Activity of entinostat alone and in combination with cisplatin in a panel of low passage adenoid cystic carcinoma patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models
Category: Tumor Biology
Session: Translational Therapeutics in Cancer Models 2
Abstract Number: 2146
Location: McCormick Place South, Exhibit Hall A, Poster Section 7
Date and Time: Monday April 16, 2018; 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM C.T.

Title: Histone deacetylase inhibitor, Entinostat enhances the tumor specific immune response by generating T-cell central memory in the TME 
Category: Immunology
Session: Immunomodulatory Agents and Interventions 1
Abstract Number: 3761
Location: McCormick Place South, Exhibit Hall A, Poster Section 32
Date and Time: Tuesday April 17, 2018 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM C.T.

Title: Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium evaluation of the menin inhibitor, VTP-50469, against xenograft models of MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia 
Category: Tumor Biology
Session: Pediatrics 2: Preclinical Therapies, Resistance, and Stem Cells
Abstract Number: 3187
Location: McCormick Place South, Exhibit Hall A, Poster Section 7
Date and Time: Tuesday April 17, 2018 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM C.T.

All accepted abstracts will be published in the 2018 Proceedings of the AACR. Session information is available online via the Annual Meeting Itinerary Planner through the AACR website at www.aacr.org.

About Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies. The Company is developing its lead product candidate, entinostat, a once-weekly, oral, small molecule, class I HDAC inhibitor, in combination with exemestane and several approved PD-1/PD-L1 antagonists. The Company's pipeline also includes SNDX-6352, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor, as well as a portfolio of potent and selective inhibitors targeting the binding interaction of Menin with MLLr. For more information, please visit www.syndax.com or follow the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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