MEI Pharma and Infinity Pharmaceuticals will host a recorded webcast to provide an update on their pending merger and discuss the combined company’s outlook. The merger combines MEI and Infinity’s expertise to advance three clinical-stage oncology drug candidates. The webcast will feature presentations from executive management, including an expert in the treatment of head and neck cancer. The combined company’s pipeline includes an immuno-oncology macrophage reprogramming candidate, an oral CDK9 inhibitor, and a tumor selective mitochondrial inhibitor, all aimed at improving patient outcomes in various cancer types.
MEI Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEIP) (“MEI”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on advancing new therapies for cancer, and Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: INFI) (“Infinity”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing eganelisib, a first-in-class, oral, immuno-oncology macrophage reprogramming drug candidate, announced today that the companies will host a recorded joint video webcast that will be available at 8:00 am Eastern Time on June 19, 2023. On the webcast Mr. David Urso will provide an update on the pending merger and an overview of the combined company, which joins the expertise and resources of MEI and Infinity to advance a robust pipeline of three clinical-stage oncology drug candidates.
In addition to presentations from the executive management from MEI and Infinity on the three programs, the webcast includes commentary and discussion with Dr. Ezra Cohen, a recognized expert in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head & neck (SCCHN) and recently the Chief, Division of Hematology-Oncology, and Associate Director of Clinical Science at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. Following the prepared presentations, Dr. Nick Abbott, most recently the senior sell side biotech analyst at Wells Fargo Securities will ask questions of the presenters, Dr. Robert Ilaria, Dr. Ezra Cohen and Dr. Richard Ghalie.
The combined company’s development pipeline consists of three differentiated programs. All three clinical-stage development programs have the potential, in combination with current therapies, to overcome known resistance mechanisms and meaningfully improve patient outcomes:
- Eganelisib, an oral immuno-oncology macrophage reprogramming product candidate, which is planned to be evaluated in combination with the PD-1 targeted checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®) in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC);
- Voruciclib, an oral CDK9 inhibitor, currently being studied in combination with venetoclax (VENCLEXTA®) in patients with hematologic malignancies; and
- ME-344, a novel tumor selective mitochondrial inhibitor targeting the OXPHOS pathway, to be evaluated in combination with bevacizumab (AVASTIN®) in patients with relapsed colorectal cancer.
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