Benzinga | Nov 15, 2021 11:06AM EST

Celularity Presents Preclinical Data On Allogeneic Genetically-Modified Natural Killer Cells At The Society For Immunotherapy Of Cancer 36th Annual Meeting

Celularity Inc. (NASDAQ:CELU) ("Celularity") presented preclinical data on the development of its novel allogeneic genetically modified human placental CD34+ derived NK cell therapeutic program CYNK-101. Celularity reported its findings in a poster presentation at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., November 10-14, 2021.



Poster 159 "Developing placental CD34+-derived natural killer cells with high affinity cleavage resistant CD16 (CYNK-101) and Cetuximab for enhanced therapy of EGFR+ non-small cell lung and head and neck cancers"

Highlights: CYNK-101 is a cryopreserved off the shelf allogeneic NK cell product, overexpressing a high IgG binding affinity, proteinase cleavage resistant, CD16 variant. The results demonstrate the synergistic effect of combining CYNK-101 with Cetuximab to drive antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity activity against EGFR+ tumors. Further development of the combinational therapy against EGFR+ non-small cell lung cancer and head and neck squamous cell carcinomas is warranted.