Faron CEO Highlights Pexmarilimab Progress and 2022 Trial Plans

Faron Pharmaceuticals CEO Mark Bjalkanen and CFO Roni reviewed 2021 progress, highlighting pexmarilimab (anti-CLEVER-1) safety and early signs of clinical benefit in late-line solid tumor patients, with biomarker work (including interferon-gamma, TNF-alpha and IL-6) expected to guide future trial design. Management said dosing and biomarker analyses from the MATINS program should be consolidated by mid-year, with an FDA interaction targeted for Q3, and noted plans to initiate combination work in lung cancer and advance a CLEVER-1-positive myeloid leukemia study. The company also discussed cash runway into Q4 2022 following a €10 million debt draw and ongoing evaluation of a potential U.S. listing.

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