Shasqi Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Biopharma Executives
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shasqi, Inc. (“Shasqi”), a clinical-stage biotech company, whose mission is to revolutionize cancer treatment with click chemistry, announced today it has entered into a research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Innovation Inc. Through the collaboration, Shasqi will apply its novel tumor-targeted Click Activated Protodrugs Against Cancer (CAPAC®) platform to the development of new cancer therapies.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shasqi, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oncology therapeutics with its proprietary Click Activated Protodrugs Against Cancer (CAPAC ®) platform announced today it has opened the Phase 2 of their Phase 1/2a clinical study to further assess SQ3370 in anthracycline- naïve patients. The Phase 2 study follows the company's presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, held September 9-13, 2022, evaluating the safety, tolerability, maximum tolerated dose, and recommended Phase 2 dose for SQ3370 in patients with locally advanced and/or metastatic solid tumors (NCT04106492).
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shasqi, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing click chemistry-activated oncology therapeutics, today announced the additions of Steve Abella, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer and Scott Wieland, Ph.D., MBA, as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shasqi, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision click chemistry-activated oncology therapeutics, will present updated data from its ongoing Phase 1 clinical study of SQ3370 in patients with advanced solid tumors as well as preclinical data highlighting the activity of its click chemistry-modified protodrug version of monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE), at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2022. Presentations and posters will be available for registered attendees for on-demand viewing on the AACR website on April 8, 2022, after 1:00 pm ET.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shasqi, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision activated oncology therapeutics with its proprietary Click Activated Protodrugs Against Cancer (CAPAC™) Platform, announced today a Series B funding round of $50 million driven by a syndicate of private investors, including Juan Jaen, Ph.D., President of Arcus Biosciences and Bill Rieflin, Executive Chairman of the Board at NGM Biopharmaceuticals. The funds will be used to advance the Phase 1/2 clinical study of SQ3370 for the treatment of injectable, advanced solid tumors, and will enable Shasqi to expand its click chemistry platform to create therapeutics that do not require intratumoral injections.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shasqi, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision activated oncology therapeutics with its proprietary Click Activated Protodrugs Against Cancer (CAPAC™) Platform, announced today that it has been awarded a $2 million Direct-to-Phase-2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). These non-dilutive funds will support immune biomarker analysis of patient samples from Shasqi’s Phase 1 clinical trial of lead candidate SQ3370 as well as manufacturing process development.