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ISA Pharmaceuticals to present at the ASCO Annual Meeting 2024

16 Apr 2024

An abstract detailing results from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in advanced head and neck cancer, was accepted for oral presentation

Results provide key insights for the clinical application of cancer vaccines

Oegstgeest, 16 April 2024 – ISA today announced acceptance of its ISA101b study abstract as an oral presentation at the upcoming 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual meeting. This abstract describes results of a randomized trial in advanced head and neck cancer with its lead therapeutic vaccine ISA101b. These results provide key insights in the clinical application of cancer vaccines.

ISA101b is a cancer vaccine that targets human papillomavirus type

ISA reports highlights of randomized Phase 2 cancer vaccine trial in head & neck cancer

12 Dec 2023

Study indicates clear route to market despite not meeting the primary endpoint of 6 months’ overall response rate (ORR) in the entire population

In a predefined subgroup of patients there was a doubling of ORR (51.9% vs 26.7% for placebo) and improved overall survival which sets the stage for a confirmatory Phase 3 trial

Oegstgeest, 12 December 2023 — ISA today announced positive anti-tumor response data with ISA101b, an HPV16 directed therapeutic cancer vaccine given in combination with Libtayo®, an anti-PD1 checkpoint inhibitor (CPI). The data were generated in the OpcemISA trial, a large scale randomized double blind study that is ongoing

The combination of ISA101b and Libtayo® shows promising results in patients whose head and neck cancer progressed on anti-PD1 therapy

06 Jun 2023

Early data presented at ASCO annual meeting 2023 shows encouraging responses to treatment in a very difficult to treat patient population

Dr. Anthony Kong (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London), Principal Investigator, presented data from ProcemISA, an ongoing clinical trial in anti-PD1 resistant advanced HPV16+ head and neck cancer

Oegstgeest, The Netherlands, 6 June 2023 – ISA presented the first clinical data of the combination of ISA101b (peltopepimut-S) and Regeneron’s anti-PD-1 Libtayo® (cemiplimab) at the ASCO annual meeting in Chicago.

Dr. Kong presented data regarding 26 patients with recurrent and/or metastatic Human Papilloma Virus type 16 (HPV16) positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC, a form

ISA Pharmaceuticals to Attend and Present at Upcoming Scientific and Business Conferences

20 Apr 2023

Oegstgeest, The Netherlands, 20 April 2023 – ISA is pleased to announce that it will be participating and presenting in person, at the following scientific and business conferences in May and June of 2023.

ISA’s versatile synthetic long peptide (SLP®) immunotherapy platform is yielding multiple, highly promising clinical stage immunotherapeutics for the treatment of different cancer types and infectious diseases. It has demonstrated to be best-in-class technology to strongly and specifically activate the human immune system. SLP immunotherapeutics have been tested in multiple human clinical proof-of-concept and phase 2 trials, both as monotherapies and in combination with checkpoint inhibitors or standard-of-care

ISA Completes Enrolment in Randomized Double Blind Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ISA101b in HPV16 induced Oropharyngeal Cancer

30 Nov 2022

Study designed to investigate the efficacy and safety of ISA101b added to checkpoint inhibitor therapy in Human Papilloma Virus type 16 (HPV16) induced oropharyngeal cancer (OPC).Trial is part of an extensive clinical development program for ISA101b in a collaboration with Regeneron.Top line interim results anticipated in third quarter of 2023.

Oegstgeest, 30 November 2022 – ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V., a clinical stage biotech company developing immunotherapies to treat cancers and infectious diseases, is delighted to announce that it has completed enrolment in its Phase 2 clinical trial named OpcemISA.

The OpcemISA trial has enrolled 194 patients and is a large randomized, double blind,

Professor Melief to receive 2022 SITC Pedro J. Romero Award

08 Sep 2022

The Pedro J. Romero Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the cancer immunotherapy fieldSecond SITC award this year to Professor Melief who will be honoured at the 37th SITC Annual Meeting

Oegstgeest, 8 September 2022 – ISA is delighted to announce that our CSO Professor Dr. Cornelis “Kees” Melief has been awarded the 2022 Pedro J. Romero Service to JITC Award by the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC). This Award recognizes individuals who made immeasurable contributions to the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer (JITC) – the official journal of the SITC. The award will be presented at the SITC’s 37th

ISA Pharmaceuticals’ Chief Scientific Officer Prof. Dr. Melief Awarded Fellowship at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer

15 Jul 2022

Recognition of commendable, longstanding dedication to the field of cancer immunotherapy

Oegstgeest, 15 July 2022 – ISA is delighted to announce that our Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Founder, Professor Dr. Cornelis “Kees” Melief has been nominated and selected by the Board of Directors of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) as a Fellow of the Academy of Immuno-Oncology (FAIO) . The fellowship recognises Prof. Melief’s inspiring contributions and dedication to cancer immunotherapy, and will be presented at the SITC’s 37th Annual Meeting in Boston, 8-12 November 2022.

SITC is a professional society of scientists, clinicians, government representatives, and industry leaders

ISA106 – SLP therapeutic for COVID-19

11 Jan 2021

Interview with ISA Pharmaceuticals’ CSO, Professor Kees Melief on the need for a therapeutic that specifically drives the T cell immune response against SARS-CoV2.

Winter can be the worst time for respiratory diseases. As the nights draw in and we huddle together against the cold and dark, sneezing and wheezing, we spread our coughs, colds, and worse. Many people can find breathing a struggle in a normal winter, and this year there is the COVID-19 virus stalking the land, seeking lungs to infiltrate, causing the terrible pandemic that we are all caught up in. Whilst the news is, finally, full