PDS Biotechnology To Host Virtual KO) Event To Discuss Unmet Need And Current Treatment Landscape For Recurrent/Metastatic HPV16-Positive HNSCC

Benzinga · 5d ago

Event to Discuss the Changing Landscape of HNSCC in context with the Merck KN-689 study and the Rapidly Increasing Incidences of HPV16-positive HNSCC in the United States and Europe

Webinar to be held Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 12:00 PM ET

PRINCETON, N.J., June 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDS Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ:PDSB) ("PDS Biotech" or the "Company"), a late-stage immunotherapy company focused on transforming how the immune system targets and kills cancers, today announced that it will host a virtual key opinion leader (KOL) event featuring Kevin Harrington, MBBS, PhD (The Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom) and Katharine A. Price, MD (Head and Neck Disease Group, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center), to discuss the unmet need and current treatment landscape for recurrent/metastatic HPV16-positive (head and neck squamous cell carcinoma) HNSCC.

The event will review the changing landscape of HNSCC in context with Merck's KEYNOTE-689 (KN-689) study and the rapidly increasing incidences of HPV16-positive HNSCC in the US and Europe. The event will also include a review of Versamune® HPV, which is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical trial in combination with pembrolizumab as a first-line treatment for R/M HPV16+ HNSCC, as well as in Phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of various types of HPV16-positive cancers. Versamune® HPV is a novel investigational human papilloma virus (HPV)-targeted immunotherapy that stimulates a potent targeted T cell attack against HPV-positive cancers. The panel will discuss the emerging treatment landscape in 1L R/M HNSCC and the view of HPV-positive and HPV-negative HNSCC as two distinct diseases with different underlying causes, pathology, and contributions to the development of HNSCC, as well as identification and treatment of HPV16+ HNSCC.

The event will be moderated by Kirk Shepard, M.D., PDS Biotech's Chief Medical Officer. A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations.