Kintara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KTRA) (FRA:3DM) has hired cancer expert Dr Mario Lacouture to its Cutaneous Metastatic Breast Cancer (CMBC)-focused scientific advisory board.
Dr Lacouture is director of the oncodermatology program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a Professor of Dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. His appointment comes as the company prepares its REM-001 therapy for late-stage pivotal testing for the condition.
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In 2012, CancerCare named him Physician of the Year for his contributions to the education of people living with cancer and he has been on Castle-Connolly and New York Magazine's list of Top Doctors (2014-2021).
"We are pleased to welcome Dr Lacouture to our CMBC focused Scientific Advisory Board as we prepare REM-001, our photodynamic therapy platform, for late-stage pivotal testing in this debilitating oncology indication," said Saiid Zarrabian, Kintara's chief executive in a statement on Wednesday.
"We look forward to working closely with Dr Lacouture, utilizing his experience as a leading expert in the treatment of CMBC to ensure REM-001's pivotal clinical trial is optimally designed and executed."
The REM-001 therapy has been previously studied in four Phase 2/3 clinical trials in patients with CMBC who had previously received chemotherapy and/or failed radiation therapy.
With clinical efficacy of 80% complete responses of CMBC evaluable lesions and an existing robust safety database of around 1,100 patients across multiple indications, Kintara is advancing the CMBC program with the candidate to late-stage pivotal testing.
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