IMV's MVP-S Doublet Combo Therapy Shows Encouraging Anti Tumor Activity

IMV Inc (NASDAQ: IMV) announced safety and preliminary efficacy data of the combination of its lead immunotherapy candidate, maveropepimut-S (MVP-S), with Merck & Co Inc's (NYSE: MRK) Keytruda (pembrolizumab) from a Phase 2 basket study in advanced, metastatic bladder cancer. 

• Seventeen subjects with advanced, metastatic bladder cancer, who on average had received two prior lines of therapy, were enrolled in the study.
• Five out of 17 subjects showed a response (2 confirmed complete responses (CRs) and three additional partial responses).
• Three of these, including both confirmed CRs, had progressed on prior anti-PD-1/L1 therapy.
• Long-term clinical benefit was observed in several subjects, as was an increase in detectable survivin-specific T cells in peripheral blood; one patient remained on treatment after 18 months.
• The combination treatment was well-tolerated, with most adverse events being grade 1 or grade 2.
• Price Action: IMV shares are up 1.47% at $1.38 during the market session on the last check Monday.