SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HARP), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing novel T cell engagers, today announced abstract acceptance and an upcoming rapid oral presentation of updated interim monotherapy data from its Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating HPN328 in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and other neuroendocrine tumor types at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO-GU) being held in San Francisco, CA and virtually on January 25-27, 2024. HPN328 targets delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) and is derived from Harpoon’s proprietary Tri-specific T cell Activating Construct (TriTAC^®) platform designed to recruit a patient’s own immune cells to kill tumor cells.

Details of the ASCO-GU presentation are as follows:

Title: “Interim Results from a Phase 1/2 Study of HPN328, a Tri-Specific, Half-Life (T1/2) Extended DLL3-targeting T-Cell Engager in Patients with Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer (NEPC) and other Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (NEN)”

Abstract number: 121

Session: Rapid Oral Abstract Session A: Prostate Cancer

Session track: Prostate Cancer - Advanced | Prostate Cancer - Localized

Session date & time: Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM PST

Presenter: Himisha Beltran, M.D. | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Location: Level 3, Ballroom | Livestream

The presentation will also be available on Harpoon’s website under Publications following the session.

For more details about the ASCO-GU Annual Meeting, please visit: https://conferences.asco.org/gu/attend

About HPN328
HPN328 targets delta-like canonical Notch ligand 3 (DLL3) and is based on Harpoon’s proprietary Tri-specific T cell Activating Construct (TriTAC^®) platform designed to recruit a patient’s own immune cells to kill tumor cells. HPN328 is being evaluated as monotherapy in an ongoing open-label, multicenter, two-part study to assess the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics in patients with advanced cancers associated with the expression of DLL3.

In March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation to HPN328 for the treatment of SCLC.

About Harpoon Therapeutics
Harpoon Therapeutics is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a novel class of T cell engagers designed to harness the power of the body’s immune system to treat patients suffering from cancer and other diseases. T cell engagers are engineered proteins that direct a patient’s own T cells to kill target cells that express specific proteins, or antigens, carried by the target cells. Using its proprietary Tri-specific T cell Activating Construct (TriTAC^®) platform, Harpoon is developing a pipeline of novel TriTACs initially focused on the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies. Harpoon has also developed a proprietary ProTriTAC™ platform, which applies a prodrug concept to its TriTAC platform to create a therapeutic T cell engager that remains inactive until it reaches the tumor. Harpoon’s third proprietary technology platform, extended release TriTAC-XR, is designed to mitigate cytokine release syndrome. For additional information about Harpoon Therapeutics, please visit www.harpoontx.com.

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Contact:
Ana Kapor
Harpoon Therapeutics
investors@harpoontx.com