Bexion Pharmaceuticals Presenting BXQ-350 Data at ASCO 2020

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May 13, 2020, 10:53 ET

COVINGTON, Ky., May 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bexion Pharmaceuticals announced today that the following three abstracts submitted to the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have been accepted for oral or poster presentation:

Oral Presentation
Tolerability and preliminary efficacy of BXQ-350 for refractory solid tumors and high-grade gliomas: First-in-human, first-in-class phase I trial.

Session: Developmental Therapeutics—Molecularly Targeted Agents and Tumor Biology
Author(s): Olivier Rixe, John C. Morris, Robert Wesolowski, Emrullah Yilmaz, Richard Curry, Trisha M. Wise-Draper, Vinay K. Puduvalli
Abstract: 3505

Poster Presentation
A pediatric and young adult phase I dose escalation study of BXQ-350 for solid and central nervous system tumors.

Session: Central Nervous System Tumors
Author(s): Mohamed Abdelbaki, Bhuvana Setty, Mariko D. DeWire, Timothy P. Cripe, Richard Curry
Abstract: 2541
Poster: 32

Poster Presentation
BXQ-350 to target to the lysosome and kill glioblastoma (GBM) cells via activation of apoptotic caspases in vitro.

Session: Developmental Therapeutics—Molecularly Targeted Agents and Tumor Biology
Author(s): Laura Felix, Timothy J. Stephens, Nikhil J. Wilkins
Abstract: 3639
Poster: 369

ASCO 2020 will be a virtual meeting held Friday, May 29 through Sunday, May 31.

The abstracts will be available on the ASCO website on May 13, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. ET. All posters, including poster discussions, will be available on the meeting website beginning Friday, May 29 at 8:00 am ET.

About Bexion Pharmaceuticals
Bexion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing BXQ-350, a first-in-class agent composed of the multifunctional, lysosomal activator protein Saposin C and phosphatidylserine. BXQ-350 has demonstrated pre-clinical antitumor effects in vitro and in vivo, particularly in brain and other solid tumors, including those that may lead to brain metastases. Bexion has completed a multi-site first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of BXQ-350 for solid tumors and gliomas. A Phase 1 Pediatric Trial enrollment was completed in late 2019.

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