Evaxion’s cancer vaccine EVX-01 reports 69% response rate

9 September 2024

Danish clinical-stage techbio firm Evaxion Biotech (Nasdaq: EVAX), which is developing AI-Immunology powered vaccines, announced new clinical Phase II data for its lead compound EVX-01.

The data show that 11 out of 16 patients had objective clinical responses, equaling a 69% Overall Response Rate (ORR). 15 out of the 16 patients had reduction of their tumors (target lesions).

This top-line data is part of a one-year interim analysis of the ongoing Phase III trial assessing EVX-01 in combination with Merck & Co’s (NYSE: MRK) Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in patients with advanced melanoma (skin cancer). The complete one-year clinical data will be presented at a poster session at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024, taking place in Barcelona, Spain, from September 13-17, 2024.

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