SQZ Fast Tracked for Lead Cell Therapy Candidate for HPV16+ Tumors

 SQZ Biotechnologies (NYSE: SQZ), focused on unlocking the full potential of cell therapies for multiple therapeutic areas, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for the company’s lead cell therapy candidate, SQZ-PBMC-HPV, for the treatment of HPV16+ advanced or metastatic solid tumors.

Data presented at the ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress 2021 has shown that the company’s lead APC cell therapy candidate induced radiographic, symptomatic and immune response as monotherapy in a post-checkpoint HPV16+ solid tumor patient. The company continues to enroll patients in its highest dose monotherapy cohort and is simultaneously enrolling patients for combination therapy in the company’s Phase 1/2 SQZ-PBMC-HPV-101 clinical trial.

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