Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACK) today announced that Phase I data evaluating the novel agent MM-302 for the treatment of advanced HER2+ breast cancer and preclinical data on potential imaging and biomarker-based diagnostics will be presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), Dec. 4-8, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas.
MM-302 is a nanotherapeutic encapsulation of doxorubicin with anti-HER2 antibody fragments attached to its surface. MM-302 specifically targets cancer cells that overexpress the ErbB2 (HER2) receptor, releasing doxorubicin within the cell and limiting uptake into normal cells.
"Merrimack believes MM-302 has the potential to achieve better efficacy than current standards of care and lessened risk of cardiac toxicity relative to free doxorubicin," said Ulrik B. Nielsen, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. "We look forward to presenting both MM-302 Phase I data and preclinical research on its accompanying PET/CT imaging agent, MM-DX-929 at the upcoming Symposium."
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