TRANSGENE: First Patient dosed in Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Transgene’s TG4010 in Combination with Opdivo® (nivolumab) for 2nd Line Treatment of Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

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Strasbourg, France, March 13, 2017, 6:00 p.m. CET - Transgene (Euronext Paris: TNG), a biotechnology company focused on designing and developing viral-based immune-targeted therapies for the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases, today announced the dosing of the first patient of the Phase 2 trial evaluating TG4010 in combination with Opdivo® (nivolumab) for the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failure of one line of platinum-based chemotherapy.

Karen Kelly, MD, a world-renowned expert of lung cancer and Associate Director for Clinical Research at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center (USA, California), is the Principal Investigator of this Phase 2 study.

The trial is being conducted via a collaborative arrangement with UC Davis. The investigator-initiated study led by UC Davis Medical Center is financially supported by Transgene. Bristol-Myers Squibb is supplying Opdivo®.