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Data Published in Cell Stem Cell Demonstrates Potent Anti-Cancer Activity for OncoMed Pharmaceuticals' Lead Antibody
Date:8/6/2009

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage company developing novel antibody therapeutics that target cancer stem cells, today announced the publication in Cell Stem Cell of data demonstrating potent anti-cancer activity in colon and breast cancer models for the company's first product candidate, OMP-21M18, underlining the therapeutic potential of targeting cancer stem cells to treat solid tumors. OMP-21M18 is currently in Phase 1 clinical testing.

"OMP-21M18 specifically targets cancer stem cells, a type of tumor cell responsible for driving tumor initiation, growth and recurrence. Research published in Cell Stem Cell suggests that reducing the ratio of these cells within tumors may dramatically improve anti-cancer treatment," said Timothy Hoey, Ph.D., Vice President, Cancer Biology of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and a co-author of the paper. "In models of colon and breast cancer, we observed that treatment with OMP-21M18 significantly decreased the proportion of cancer stem cells found in tumors compared to chemotherapy alone. In addition, we demonstrated that blocking a key cancer stem cell pathway impacts tumor cell proliferation, growth and recurrence."

OMP-21M18 is a monoclonal antibody that blocks DLL4 signaling to reduce tumor growth two ways: by reducing cancer stem cell frequency and by disrupting angiogenesis. In a series of published experiments using primary human tumors in xenograft models, OncoMed scientists assessed the effect of OMP-21M18 alone and in combination with approved chemotherapeutic agents versus chemotherapy alone on the frequency of cancer stem cells in treated tumors. Results demonstrate that treatment with OMP-21M18 as a single agent or in combination with standard chemotherapeutic agents significantly decreases the ratio of cancer stem cells found in colon and breast tumors. Notably, treat
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