Immuneering Recognizes Melanoma Awareness Month

- Two clinical stage product candidates in development for the treatment of melanoma -

- RAS mutant melanoma represents one of five arms in the company’s ongoing Phase 2a clinical study of IMM-1-104 -

- Melanoma also being evaluated in ongoing Phase 1/2a clinical study of IMM-6-415 in patients with advanced solid tumors harboring RAF or RAS mutations -

- Immuneering expects initial data from multiple IMM-1-104 Phase 2a arms in 2024 -

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immuneering Corporation (Nasdaq: IMRX), a clinical-stage oncology company seeking to develop and commercialize universal-RAS/RAF medicines for broad populations of cancer patients, recognizes the importance of early detection and treatment during Melanoma Awareness Month, and highlights RAS mutant melanoma as the focus of one of the five arms in its ongoing Phase 2a clinical study for its lead program IMM-1-104. RAF or RAS mutant melanoma is also being evaluated in its Phase 1/2a clinical study of IMM-6-415 in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Melanoma Awareness Month is held each May to raise awareness, galvanize advocates and support research efforts toward new treatments and methods of detecting melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. 

“We encourage people diagnosed with melanoma to speak with their physicians about having their tumors tested for biomarkers which can help determine the most appropriate next steps in their treatment,” said Joan Levy, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, Melanoma Research Alliance. “Several biomarkers are known to drive the growth and progression of melanoma and there are therapies being clinically evaluated with the potential to target these tumor biomarkers.”

“Immuneering is proud to acknowledge Melanoma Awareness Month, especially since melanoma is a key area of focus in our development of IMM-1-104 and mutations in the RAS gene family are known to be present in approximately 20-25% of all melanomas,” said Brett Hall, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Immuneering Corporation. “We chose RAS mutant melanoma to be one of five arms in our Phase 2a trial of IMM-1-104, where we are investigating our lead development candidate as either monotherapy or in combination and are also evaluating RAF or RAS mutant melanoma in our Phase 1/2a clinical study with IMM-6-415. We are excited at the prospect of adding IMM-1-104 and IMM-6-415 to the melanoma treatment armamentarium and look forward to updating patients and physicians as we report data.”