Nurix Therapeutics Announces Presentations at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRIX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted protein modulation drugs designed to treat patients with hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, today announced that clinical data will be presented for its two BTK degrader programs, NX-5948 and NX-2127, in two posters at the 65^th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition being held December 9-12, 2023, in San Diego, CA. Nurix will also present a trials in progress poster for its NX-1607 program.

Poster Presentation Details:

Title: Initial findings from first-in-human phase 1a/b study of NX-5948, a selective Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) degrader, in patients with relapsed/refractory B cell malignancies
Authors: Emma Searle, Francesco Forconi, Kim Linton, Alexey Danilov, Pam McKay, David Lewis, Dima El-Sharkawi, Mary Gleeson, John Riches, Sarah G. Injac, Ted Shih, Srinand Nandakumar, May Tan, Ganesh Cherala, Erin Meredith, Graham P. Collinsa
Session Name: 626. Aggressive Lymphomas
Prospective Therapeutic Trials: Poster III
Session Date and Time: Monday, December 11, 2023, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT
Publication Number: 4473

Title: A first-in-human phase 1 trial of NX-2127, a first-in-class Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) dual-targeted protein degrader with immunomodulatory activity, in patients with relapsed/refractory B cell malignancies
Authors: Alexey Danilov, Michael Tees, Krish Patel, William Wierda, Manish R. Patel, Ian Flinn, Tahir Latif, Weiyun Ai, Meghan C. Thompson, Michael Wang, Clare Sun, Deborah M. Stephens, Michael Thirman, Melissa Gessner, Johannes Wolff, Amanda Schwab, May Tan, Daniel Chan, Erin Meredith, Adrian Wiestner 
Session Name: 626. Aggressive Lymphomas
Prospective Therapeutic Trials: Poster III
Session Date and Time: Monday, December 11, 2023, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT
Publication Number: 4463

Title: A First-in-Human Phase 1 Trial of NX-1607, a First-in-Class Oral CBL-B Inhibitor, in Patients with Advanced Malignancies Including DLBCL
Authors: Graham P. Collins, William Townsend, Ahmed Abdulgawad, Swathi Namburi, Anja Williams, Ana Filipa Palma Dos Reis, Matthew G. Krebs, Jeff Evans, Sarah P. Blagden, Ruth Plummer, Daniel Hochhauser, Adam Sharp, George Cole, Seema Rogers, Daniel Chan, Sarah Whelan, Dima El-Sharkawi 
Session Name: 626. Aggressive Lymphomas
Prospective Therapeutic Trials: Poster III
Session Date and Time: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT
Publication Number: 3093

About NX-2127 
NX-2127 is a novel bifunctional molecule that degrades BTK and cereblon neosubstrates Ikaros (IKZF1) and Aiolos (IKZF3). NX-2127 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with relapsed or refractory B cell malignancies. Additional information on the ongoing clinical trial can be accessed at www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04830137).  

About NX-5948  
NX-5948 is an investigational, orally bioavailable, small molecule degrader of BTK that, unlike NX-2127, has been designed to lack cereblon immunomodulatory activity. NX-5948 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with relapsed or refractory B cell malignancies. Additional information on the ongoing clinical trial can be accessed at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05131022).  

About NX-1607
NX-1607 is an orally bioavailable inhibitor of Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B (CBL-B) for immuno-oncology indications including a range of solid tumor types. NX-1607 acts on T cells, NK cells, and dendritic cells to enhance anti-tumor immunity, and has demonstrated single-agent anti-tumor activity in multiple tumor models. NX-1607 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial in adults with a variety of oncology indications. Additional information on the ongoing clinical trial can be accessed at www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05107674).

About Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.

Nurix Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of medicines based on the modulation of cellular protein levels as a novel treatment approach for cancer and other challenging diseases. Leveraging extensive expertise in E3 ligases together with proprietary DNA-encoded libraries, Nurix has built DELigase, an integrated discovery platform, to identify and advance novel drug candidates targeting E3 ligases, a broad class of enzymes that can modulate proteins within the cell. Nurix’s drug discovery approach is to either harness or inhibit the natural function of E3 ligases within the ubiquitin-proteasome system to selectively decrease or increase cellular protein levels. Nurix’s wholly owned, clinical stage pipeline includes targeted protein degraders of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase, a B-cell signaling protein, and inhibitors of Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B, an E3 ligase that regulates activation of multiple immune cell types including T cell and NK cells. Nurix is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For additional information visit http://www.nurixtx.com.

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