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- Argenus (NASDAQ:Agen) rose on Friday after the corporate up to date knowledge from its Part 1b trial of botensilimab plus balstilimab (BOT/BAL), a colorectal most cancers drug therapy developed in partnership with Ligand Prescription drugs.NASDAQ: LGND).
- The evaluation was primarily based on 77 sufferers Relapsed/refractory microsatellite steady colorectal most cancers (r/r MSS CRC) with out energetic liver metastases (NLM).
- Citing NLM knowledge, the corporate stated the drug mixture resulted in an total response price (ORR) of 18%–33% and a illness management price of 67%–82% in a affected person inhabitants beforehand handled with a median of 4 therapy regimens. There are not any new security indicators.
- Earlier this yr, knowledge on March 1 confirmed that after a median follow-up of 13.6 months, BOT/BAL had an ORR of 23%.
