ASCO 2019: Amgen adds BiTE to KRAS data

5 June 2019
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The headline-grabbing results on AMG 510, the first KRASG12C inhibitor to reach the clinical stage, were not the only data to be shared by US biotech Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) on its early-stage oncology pipeline.

New data from Phase I studies evaluating investigational bispecific T cell engager (BiTE) molecules have also been presented, including AMG 420 safety and efficacy results in patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM).

BiTE technology is a targeted immuno-oncology (I-O) platform that is designed to engage patients' own T cells to a tumor-specific antigen, activating the cytotoxic potential of T cells.

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