WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Endocyte, Inc. (Nasdaq:ECYT), a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted therapeutics for personalized cancer treatment, today announced that four posters will be presented by Endocyte scientists at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2018 to be held in Chicago, IL, April 14 - 18, 2018.
The company will present two posters and a late-breaking abstract relating to Endocyte’s chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) adaptor molecule (CAM) platform, along with a poster on PSMA-617.
Presentations are as follows:
| Abstract #: | 757 |
| Title: | Novel warheads for targeted therapies of cancer: The concept and design of oxime-ether-based pro-PBDs |
| When: | Sunday, April 15, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. CDT |
| Session Title: | Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Agents and Technology |
| Location: | Hall A, Poster Section 35, Poster Board 24 |
| Abstract #: | 852 |
| Title: | Specificity of PSMA-617 radiotherapy for prostate cancer |
| When: | Sunday, April 15, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. CDT |
| Session Title: | Modulators of Ionizing Radiation and Other Radiotherapeutics |
| Location: | Hall A, Poster Section 39, Poster Board 15 |
| Abstract #: | LB-109 |
| Title: | Adaptor controlled CAR-T cell immunotherapy for treatment of folate receptor-alpha/beta positive solid and liquid tumors |
| When: | Monday, April 16, 8 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CDT |
| Session Title: | Late-Breaking Research: Immunology 1 |
| Location: | Hall A, Poster Section 45, Poster Board 6 |
| Abstract #: | 2546 |
| Title: | Regulation of CAR-T cell therapy in real time using bispecific small molecule adaptors and monospecific competitors |
| When: | Monday, April 16, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. CDT |
| Session Title: | Adoptive Cell Therapy 2 |
| Location: | Hall A, Poster Section 24, Poster Board 4 |
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About Endocyte
Endocyte is a biopharmaceutical company and leader in developing targeted therapies for the personalized treatment of cancer. The company's drug conjugation technology targets therapeutics and companion imaging agents specifically to the site of diseased cells. Endocyte's lead program is a prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radioligand therapy, 177Lu-PSMA-617, entering phase 3 for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Endocyte is also advancing its adaptor-controlled CAR T-cell therapy into the clinic in 2018, where it will be studied in osteosarcoma. For additional information, please visit Endocyte's website at www.endocyte.com.
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Investor Contact:
Stephanie Ascher, Stern Investor Relations, Inc., (212) 362-1200, stephanie@sternir.com