NKGen Announces Poster Presentation at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NKGen Biotech Inc. (“NKGen”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous, allogeneic and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapeutics, today announced an upcoming poster presentation by its parent company, NKMax Co., Ltd., on preclinical and clinical data from a Phase I/IIa study of SNK01 in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting to be held at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois from June 2-6, 2023.*Presentation Details:*
*Title: * The safety and efficacy of SNK01 (autologous natural killer cells) in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy after failure of prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor in non-small cell lung cancer: Preclinical mouse model and phase I/IIa clinical study
*Authors: * Myeong Geun Choi, Gun Woo Son, Dae-Hyun Ko, Wonjun Ji, Jin Kyung Rho, Jae Cheol Lee, Yong Man Kim, Jae Seob Jung, Paul Y. Song, Byeong Gon Yoon, Jong-min Jo, Mi Young Choi, Chang-Min Choi
*Abstract Number: * 9057
*Session Type:* Poster
*Session Title:* Lung Cancer – Non-Small Cell Metastatic
*Poster Board Number:* 45
*Session Time:* Sunday, June 4, 2023; 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 am CT
*Location:* Hall A
Full abstracts will be released at 5:00 pm ET on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Visit the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting website at https://meetings.asco.org/ for more information.*About NKGen Biotech*
NKGen is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous, allogeneic, and CAR-NK Natural Killer (NK) cell therapeutics. NKGen is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, USA. For more information, please visit www.nkgenbiotech.com.
*Internal Contact:*
Denise Chua, MBA, CLS, MT (ASCP)
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
949-396-6830
dchua@nkgenbiotech.com
*External Contacts:*
Chris Calabrese
Managing Director
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
ccalabrese@lifesciadvisors.com
Kevin Gardner
Managing Director
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
kgardner@lifesciadvisors.com