Fort Lee, NJ, Oct. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuvectis Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVCT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative precision medicines for the treatment of serious conditions of unmet medical need in oncology, today provided highlights for NXP900 poster presentations that took place last week at the 2025 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Boston, MA.

Ron Bentsur, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nuvectis, commented, “The results from the Phase1a dose escalation and clinical drug-drug interaction studies are important building blocks in NXP900’s clinical development journey to hopefully become a best-in-class SRC/YES1 inhibitor with broad clinical applications.” Mr. Bentsur continued, “The safety profile from the Phase 1a, and, importantly, the deep and sustained pharmacodynamic response in clinically relevant doses, provide a strong  proof of mechanism consistent with the early research work that demonstrated NXP900’s unique mechanism of action and target selectivity. Moreover, the preclinical data presented at the conference further solidifies the rationale for the biomarker patient selection strategy being implemented in the Phase 1b program.” Mr. Bentsur concluded,” With the single agent portion of the Phase 1b program now underway, we look forward to the initiation of the combination portion in the near term and start providing clinical data updates as the program proceeds.”

NXP900 Clinical Safety, PKPD and CYP450 Interactions (Link to Poster)

• In 33 patients with advanced cancers, the safety of NXP900 administered once daily at doses ranging from 20 to 300 mg/day was acceptable, with diarrhea, fatigue and nausea being the most common adverse events, mostly reported as Grade 1-2.
• XP900 elicited a robust pharmacodynamic response at doses ≥150 mg/day.
• In a clinical drug-drug interaction study in healthy volunteers NXP900 did not induce the activity of key CYP450 enzymes, a key consideration for the combination strategy.
• A phase 1b study of NXP900 as monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors with YES1, FAT1, NF2 and other genomic alterations is ongoing (NCT05873686).

NXP900 Inhibits Tumor Growth in FAT1-mutated Xenograft Models (Link to Poster)

• NXP900 inhibits YAP1 nuclear localization and cell proliferation at low nM concentration in FAT1-mutated squamous carcinoma cells.
• NXP900 inhibits tumor growth in FAT1-mutated squamous xenograft models.

About Nuvectis Pharma, Inc.

Nuvectis Pharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative precision medicines for the treatment of serious conditions of unmet medical need in oncology. The Company’s lead program, NXP900, is an oral small molecule inhibitor of the SRC Family of Kinases (SFK), including SRC and YES1. Its unique mechanism of action enables inhibition of both the catalytic and scaffolding functions of the SRC kinase, providing comprehensive shutdown of the signaling pathway. NXP900 has completed a Phase 1a dose escalation study and is being evaluated in a Phase 1b program. The Company is also considering next steps for NXP800, an oral small molecule GCN2 activator that has demonstrated anti-cancer activity in recurrent, platinum-resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer. For additional information about Nuvectis Pharma please visit: https://nuvectis.com.

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Company Contact

Ron Bentsur
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
rbentsur@nuvectis.com

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