Shares of Heat Biologics (NASDAQ: HTBX) are up 8% on news that the company presented immunological data from its phase 2 trial evaluating HS-410 either alone or in combination with BCG in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) at the 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. Researchers reported that HS-410, in combination with BCG, is generally well-tolerated, and that HS-410 activates CD8+ T cells and that these immune responders appear to have a lower recurrence rate than non-immune responders. Overall, this data strengthens support for the vaccine mechanism of action and clinical proof-of-concept of immune activation. “These data continue to support our hypothesized vaccine mechanism of action,” Heat’s chief scientific officer and senior vice president of preclinical development, Jeff Hutchins, Ph.D., stated in the news.
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About Heat Biologics, Inc.
Heat Biologics, Inc. is an immuno-oncology company developing novel therapies that are designed to activate a patient’s immune system against cancer utilizing an engineered form of gp96, a protein that activates the immune system when cells die. Heat’s highly specific T cell-stimulating therapeutic vaccine platform technologies, ImPACT and ComPACT, form the basis of its product candidates. These platforms, in combination with other therapies, such as checkpoint inhibitors, are designed to address three distinct but synergistic mechanisms of action: robust activation of CD8+ “killer” T cells (one of the human immune system’s most potent weapons against cancer); reversal of tumor-induced immune suppression; and T cell co-stimulation to further enhance patients’ immune response. Currently, Heat is conducting a Phase 1b trial with HS-110 (viagenpumatucel-L) in combination with an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor to treat patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and a Phase 2 trial with HS-410 (vesigenurtacel-L) in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Heat’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Zolovax, Inc., is developing therapeutic and preventative vaccines to treat infectious diseases based on Heat’s gp96 vaccine technology, with a current focus on the development of a Zika vaccine in conjunction with the University of Miami. For more information, please visit www.heatbio.com.
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