Amplia Therapeutics Enters Second Phase of Research Collaboration with South Korean Preclinical Drug Screening Firm

MT Newswires Live12-19 09:54

Amplia Therapeutics (ASX:ATX) entered into the second phase of a research collaboration with South Korean preclinical drug screening company Next & Bio, according to a Friday Australian bourse filing.

The firms are collaborating on investigating the ability of Amplia's FAK inhibitors to suppress the growth of patient-derived pancreatic cancer cells that possess genetic mutations in the kRAS gene, which are known to be present in over 90% of pancreatic cancers.

Amplia's FAK inhibitor narmafotinib showed promising activity in initial tests, per the filing. Further studies investigating the activity of a combination of narmafotinib with known inhibitors of the mutant kRAS gene will be conducted.

Its shares rose 2% in recent trading on Friday.

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