December 19, 2016 — Culver City, California — NantKwest (Nasdaq:NK), a pioneering, next generation, clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on harnessing the unique power of the human immune system using natural killer (NK) cells to treat cancer, infectious diseases and inflammatory diseases today announced that the company will be hosting an Investor/Analyst Day on January 8th in San Francisco.
NantKwest will be sharing with analysts and investors a review of the company’s activities in 2016 and provide an overview for 2017.
At this event, senior management of NantKwest will provide a review of its ongoing R&D program, as well as provide an in-depth clinical trial roadmap for the aNK, haNK and taNK clinical programs for 2017.
In addition to senior management presentations, the event will feature presentations by key opinion leaders in the immunotherapy field.
A webcast of the event will begin at 5:00 PM PT on Sunday, January 8, 2017 and is expected to conclude at 7:30 PT. A link to the live webcast can be accessed by visiting the Investors page of the company’s website. In addition, a replay of the event will be posted on the website after the event and will be available for 30 days following the event.
About NantKwest
NantKwest (Nasdaq:NK) is a pioneering, next generation, clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on harnessing the unique power of our immune system using natural killer (NK) cells to treat cancer, infectious diseases and inflammatory diseases. NK cells are the body’s first line of defense due to the innate ability of NK cells to rapidly identify and destroy cells under stress, such as cancer or virally-infected cells.
NantKwest’s unique NK cell-based platform, with the capacity to grow active killer cells as a biological cancer therapy, has been designed to induce cell death against cancer or infected cells by three different modes of action: (1) Direct killing using activated NK cells (aNK) that release toxic granules directly into the cell through cell to cell contact, (2) Antibody-mediated killing using haNKs, which are NK cells engineered to incorporate a high affinity receptor that binds to an administered antibody, enhancing the cancer cell killing effect of that antibody, and (3) Targeted activated killing using taNKs, which are NK cells engineered to incorporate chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to target tumor-specific antigens found on the surface of cancer cells.
Our aNK, haNK and taNK platform addresses certain limitations of T cell therapies including the reduction of risk of serious “cytokine storms” reported after T cell therapy. As an “off-the-shelf” therapy, NantKwest’s NK cells do not rely on a patient’s own often compromised immune system. In Phase 1 clinical trials in patients with late stage cancer, NantKwest’s NK cells have been successfully administered as an outpatient infusion therapy without any reported severe side effects, even at doses of 10 billion cells.
By leveraging an integrated and extensive genomics and transcriptomics discovery and development engine, together with a pipeline of multiple, clinical-stage, immuno-oncology programs that include a Phase 2 trial for a rare form of melanoma and the planned initiation of a clinical trial of NK cells targeted to breast cancer, we believe NantKwest is uniquely positioned to be the premier immunotherapy company and transform medicine by delivering living drugs in a bag and bringing novel NK cell-based therapies to routine clinical care. For more information, please visit www.nantkwest.com.
For additional information please contact either of the individuals below:
Media Contact:
Jen Hodson,
Public Relations Director
Cell, 562-397-3639
jhodson@nantworks.com
Investor Contact:
David Pyrce
SVP
Innovation and Chief Commercial Officer
Cell 951-551-0949
david.pyrce@nantkwest.com
