Kartos Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Srdan Verstovsek as Chief Medical Officer
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tempus, a leader in artificial intelligence and precision medicine, today announced a new collaboration to develop a companion diagnostic (CDx) test with Kartos Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, in support of its ongoing Phase II study of navtemadlin (KRT-232). Tempus’ CDx test, which will be developed on Tempus’ xT platform, will be used to identify patients with TP53 wild-type (TP53WT) Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) who may be eligible for treatment with navtemadlin. Navtemadlin is a potent, selective, orally available MDM2 inhibitor that overcomes MDM2 dysregulation by restoring p53 activity and inducing apoptosis of TP53WT tumor cells.