| SAN CARLOS, Calif., April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Apexigen, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a new generation of antibody therapeutics for oncology, today announced two upcoming poster presentations accepted as late breaking abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2021, to be held virtually April 10-15, 2021. Details are as follows: Title of Presentation: APX601, a Potent TNFR2 Antagonist as a Novel and Promising Approach to Reverse Tumor Immune Suppression (Abstract ID LB175) AUTHORS: Sushma Krishnan, Ryan Alvarado, George Huang, Xiaodong Yang and Erin L Filbert PRESENTER: Erin L. Filbert, Ph.D. Title of Presentation: Targeting SIRPα with APX701, a Novel Myeloid Checkpoint Inhibitor (Abstract ID LB177) AUTHORS: Ryan Alvarado, Sushma Krishnan, Minu K. Srivastava, Christine Tan, George Huang, Swati Jalgaonkar, Frances R. Bahjat, Erin Filbert and Xiaodong Yang PRESENTER: Ryan Alvarado The posters will be available on the e-poster website from at 8:30 am EDT on April 10, 2021, through June 21, 2021. About Apexigen Apexigen is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a new generation of antibody therapeutics for oncology, with an emphasis on new immuno-oncology agents that may harness the patient’s immune system to combat and eradicate cancer. APX005M and Apexigen’s other programs were discovered using Apexigen’s proprietary APXiMAB™ discovery platform. This platform has enabled Apexigen and its collaboration partners to discover and develop high-quality therapeutic antibodies against a variety of molecular targets, including targets that are difficult to drug with conventional antibody technologies. Seven product or product candidates discovered using APXiMAB are currently commercially available or in clinical development, either internally by Apexigen or by its licensees. For more information, please visit www.apexigen.com. Investor Contact: Jennifer Porcelli Managing Director Solebury Trout 646-378-2962 Investors@apexigen.com Apexigen Contact: Mark Nevins Sr. Vice President, Business Development Apexigen 650-931-6236 mnevins@apexigen.com View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apexigen-announces-presentations-of-preclinical-data-for-its-tnfr2-antagonist-apx601-and-sirp-antagonist-apx701-programs-at-the-aacr-annual-meeting-2021-301265619.html SOURCE Apexigen, Inc. | |