Benzinga | Mar 22, 2021 12:54PM EDT

Enlivex To Study Allocetra Combined With Checkpoint Inhibitors In Solid Tumor Settings

Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ: ENLV) and Yale Cancer Center announced a research collaboration to assess the potential of Allocetra to enhance the activity of checkpoint inhibitors in solid tumors.

* Allocetra is a macrophage-reprogramming immunotherapy product, a potential therapy combined with approved immune checkpoint inhibitors for hard-to-treat solid tumors.

* Under the strategic collaboration, the parties intend to develop and execute pre-clinical programs to investigate the potential synergies between Allocetra and commercially approved checkpoint inhibitor therapies for select solid cancers.

* Enlivex plans to initiate a controlled, randomized, Phase 2b study in sepsis during the first quarter of 2021.

* Price Action: ENLV shares are trading 2.81% lower at $13.15 in market trading hours on the last check Monday.