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OSE Immunotherapeutics Announces Issuance of a New Patent in Japan for Tedopi® on Inducing Early T-Lymphocyte Memory ResponseNANTES, France, Jan. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OSE Immunotherapeutics (ISIN: FR0012127173; Mnémo: OSE) today announced that the Japanese Patent Office has issued a new patent family related to Tedopi®, a combination of neoepitopes, protecting the product’s method for inducing early T-lymphocyte memory response for use in the treatment of cancer in HLA-A2 positive patients. This patent provides a protection until 2035. Tedopi is a combination of 10 neo-epitopes, selected and optimized from five tumor-associated antigens inducing a specific immune response in positive HLA-A2 patients. In association with T helper cells, the memory T lymphocytes recognize specifically at least one of these tumor-associated antigens expressed by the tumor cells and generate a specific cytotoxic response against them. Due to this specific mechanism of action, activated specific T memory lymphocytes are key cells in cancer treatment and immunosurveillance. “This new patent family, granted in Japan, further expands the patent protection for Tedopi® and strengthens our immuno-oncology portfolio. This allowance further validates a specific mechanism of action inducing an early T lymphocyte memory response in HLA-A2 positive patients, which represent 45% of the population, and covering all cancers. Moreover, with more than one million new cancer cases in Japan in 2018*, and a growing oncology drug market in this country and across the world, Tedopi® is positioned as a leading asset in multiple oncology indications in a broad population of patients,” said Alexis Peyroles, Chief Executive Officer of OSE Immunotherapeutics. Tedopi® is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 trial, called Atalante 1, in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for HLA-A2 positive patients after failure from previous treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors. Even with recent advances in treatment options, the majority of NSCLC patients still fail to respond to checkpoint inhibitor therapy**, creating a great need for an effective new option for these patients. Results from the first step of this ongoing Phase 3 trial are expected by the end of Q1 2020. Tedopi® is also being studied in an ongoing Phase 2 trial in patients with pancreatic cancer. * Shibata et al., Japan oncology market overview: Current and future perspectives; Journal of Generic Medicines, 2019 ABOUT OSE Immunotherapeutics For more information: https://ose-immuno.com/en/ Click and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn
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