Nurix Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update

Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.

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Initiated Phase 1b dose expansion of NX-5948 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient population with Fast Track Designation from the FDA

Initiated Phase 1b dose expansion of NX-5948 in Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia, follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma patients

Reinitiated enrollment for NX-2127 in a Phase 1a/b trial in oncology

Presented preclinical data on Degrader-Antibody Conjugates (DACs), a new class of therapeutics

Well capitalized with cash and marketable securities of $457.5 million

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRIX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted protein modulation drugs designed to treat patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended August 31, 2024, and provided a corporate update.

“We continue to make great progress and remain focused on execution as we advance our pipeline of wholly owned and partnered programs in oncology, inflammation and immunology,” said Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Nurix. “As we approach the end of the year, we are well capitalized and look forward to building further momentum as we head into clinical data readouts in the fourth quarter of 2024 and the initiation of pivotal studies of NX-5948 in 2025.”

Recent Business Highlights

  • Expanded clinical development of NX-5948: In the third quarter of 2024, Nurix initiated the Phase 1b portion of its ongoing Phase 1a/b clinical trial in adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. The Phase 1b expansion includes a randomization to a low dose (200mg QD) or a high dose (600mg QD) of NX-5948 in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have been treated with at least two prior regimens including a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor and a BCL2 inhibitor. This is the patient population for which the FDA granted Nurix Fast Track designation in January 2024. Cohorts were also initiated to evaluate NX-5948 in patients with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (WM), marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma.

  • Re-initiated enrollment in NX-2127 Phase 1a/b trial: Nurix recently reinitiated enrollment with its new chirally controlled drug product in a standard dose escalation study within the current Phase 1a/1b trial. As previously announced, in March 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted a manufacturing-related, partial clinical hold on the NX-2127 clinical trial. Patients enrolled prior to the partial clinical hold who are deriving clinical benefit continue to receive uninterrupted treatment with the original drug product.

  • Presented early preclinical data from ongoing collaboration with Pfizer to develop Degrader-Antibody Conjugates, a new class of therapeutics: On September 10, 2024, at the ADC & Radiopharmaceuticals Pharma & Biotech Partnering Summit, Nurix’s chief scientific officer, Gwenn M. Hansen, Ph.D., presented an outline of the advantages of DACs, Nurix’s matrixed approach to the generation and optimization of DACs using its DELigase platform, and early preclinical data demonstrating cell-type selective degradation of targeted proteins by DACs. Nurix believes that DACs may represent a next generation of antibody drug conjugate (ADC) technology that could broaden its use in oncology and potentially other indications. DACs combine the catalytic activity of a targeted protein degrader with the tissue specificity of an antibody which has the potential to provide improved therapeutic index and broader applicability than standard ADCs and which can potentially be applied to any protein target in any tissue.