SAN DIEGO and PENNINGTON, N.J., Nov. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoSec Medical Incorporated ("OncoSec") (Nasdaq:ONCS), a company developing late-stage intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, today announced it will present a poster highlighting a safety and biomarker analysis on its lead product candidate, TAVO™, at the upcoming Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 34th Annual Meeting being held November 6-10, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland.
The poster, titled "Intratumoral IL-12 plus pembrolizumab combination therapy in treatment refractory solid tumors: a safety and biomarker analysis," will be presented by author Alain Algazi, MD on Saturday, November 9th from 12:35 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
The SITC abstract titles are listed on the conference website under Abstracts at https://sitc.sitcancer.org/2019/abstracts/titles.
About OncoSec Medical Incorporated
OncoSec is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing cytokine-based intratumoral immunotherapies to stimulate the body's immune system to target and attack cancer. OncoSec has built a deep and diverse clinical pipeline utilizing its primary technology, TAVO™ (tavokinogene telseplasmid) as a potential treatment for multiple cancer indications either as a monotherapy or in combination with leading checkpoint inhibitors; with the latter potentially enabling OncoSec to address a great unmet medical need in oncology: anti-PD-1 non- responders. In addition to TAVO™, OncoSec is identifying and developing new DNA-encoded therapeutic candidates and tumor indications for use with its new Visceral Lesion Applicator (VLA), to target deep visceral lesions, such as liver, lung or pancreatic lesions. For more information, please visit www.oncosec.com.
TAVO™ is a registered trademark of OncoSec Medical Incorporated.
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Company Contact:
Gem Hopkins
Head of Corporate Communications
858-210-7334
ghopkins@Oncosec.com
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