Washington, D.C., November 09, 2017 – With the start of the 32nd Annual Meeting (November 8th-12th) of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) in National Harbor, MD, Definiens, the leader in Tissue Phenomics®, will exhibit key findings highlighting the impact of its end-to-end service portfolio for biomarker programs in immuno-oncology.
Definiens makes a strong contribution to the scientific program at SITC with two scientific talks and three poster presentations that highlight key insights obtained using Definiens“ technology. These key insights include highlighting the relevance of spatial analysis and the value of automated profiling of the tumor and its immune-context, which is presented in two posters that reveal the prognostic and predictive roles of CD8 and PD-L1.
Not only contextual information and spatial analysis play a critical role for the discovery of prognostic and predictive biomarkers, it is also the combination of information from genome and phenome that provides significant prognostic benefits. This is exemplified by Nathalie Harder in an oral presentation. Further third-party contributions describe the value of combining genomic and phenomic information with Definiens
technology for the characterization of the Tumor Micro-environment.
Definiens will also unveil its game-changing Immuno-Oncology Panel (IO-Panel) as parts of its groundbreaking new „Insights“-Services portfolio. This latest ready-to-use offering by Definiens enables standardized profiling with a Multiplex IHC Immuno-Oncology Panel. This combination of Definiens“ powerful Tissue Phenomics® technology and Mosaic Laboratories“ high-quality multiplex assays is able to provide unprecedented resolution of the tumor microenvironment which facilitates the identification of novel prognostic and predictive signatures. This novel data can be seen at the poster presentation and talk at the SITC Pre-Conference, delivered by DR. Svenja Lippok.
Join the Definiens experts at the sessions or at booth 333 to enrich your scientific curiosity and to learn more. A summary of presentations is found below.
Talks:
Combining Immunophenomics With Gene Expression Panel for Improved Prostate Cancer Recurrence Prediction
N. Harder 1, H. Hessel 2, M. Athelogou 1, A. Buchner 3, C. Stief 3, T. Kirchner 2, G. Schmidt 1, R. Huss 1
1 Definiens, Munich, Germany; 2 Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; 3 Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Session 209: Emerging Models & Imaging Saturday, November 11: 5:20 – 5:35 p.m.
Multiplex IHC Immuno-Oncology Panel for Standardized Profiling of the Immune Status Based on Spatial and Functional Characterization of the Tumor Microenvironment
Svenja Lippok
SITC Pre-conference „Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers: Today“s Imperatives for Tomorrow“s Needs“
Session 1: Biomarkers in Development, Wednesday, November 8: 8:25 a.m.
Posters:
# P83 Characterizing Cancers by Prevalence on the PD-L1/CD8 Axis
G. Schmidt 1, K. Steele 2, A. Meier 1, T. Herz 1, T. H. Tan 1, B. Higgs 2, S. Althammer 1, R. Huss 1
1 Definiens, Munich, Germany; 2 MedImmune, Gaithersburg MD, USA
Friday, November 10: 12:30 – 2 p.m. (Lunch) Friday, November 10: 6:30 – 8 p.m. (Reception)
# P4 The Prognostic and Predictive Roles of a CD8/ PD-L1 Signature in Cancer
S. Althammer 1, K. Steele 2, M. Widmaier 1, C. Brown 2, T. H. Tan 1, L. Rognoni 1, H. Kaplon 3, D. Friedrich 1, B. W. Higgs 2, G. Schmidt 1, K. Ranade 2, M. C. Dieu-Nosjean 3
1 Definiens, Munich, Germany; 2 MedImmune, Gaithersburg MD, USA; 3 INSERM, Paris, France
Saturday, November 11: 12:30 – 2 p.m. (Lunch) Saturday, November 11: 6:30 – 8 p.m. (Reception)
# P54 Multiplex IHC Immuno-Oncology Panel for Standardized Profiling of the Immune Status Based on Spatial Characterization of the Tumor Microenvironment
S. Lippok 1, K. Schneider 1, T. Wiestler 1, R. Korn 1, D. Medrikova 1, M. Widmaier 1, M. Hager 1, I. Kanchev 1, A. Masci 2, G. C. Sia 2, C. A. Kerfoot 2, L. M. Dauffenbach 2, F. Leiss 1
1 Definiens, Munich, Germany; 2 Mosaic Laboratories, Lake Forest, USA
Saturday, November 11: 12:30 – 2 p.m. (Lunch) Saturday, November 11: 6:30 – 8 p.m. (Reception)
About Definiens
Improving patient lives by unlocking the tissue phenome
In oncology, therapeutic strategies have shifted from a direct assault on cancer cells to recruiting the immune
system for that purpose. Our mission is to accelerate breakthroughs in immuno-oncology by helping
pharmaceutical researchers better leverage tissue-based information through Definiens Tissue Phenomics® –
technology. Our expertise accelerates and deepens understanding of disease biology and immune system
mechanisms and allows to bring multi-omics data into a cancer-relevant context, which facilitates the
translation of new insights into novel therapies and treatment strategies. Our vision is to create unique and
actionable patient profiles through harmonized biomarkers for an individualized standard of care, where
patients experience fewer side effects and live longer. Definiens“ proven technology has been used in
thousands of projects, yielding results that have accelerated drug development and produced over 650 peerreviewed
publications.
Definiens is a member of the AstraZeneca group providing products and services to companies across the life
sciences sector, including MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca.
Definiens‘ Tissue Phenomics approach was awarded the 2013 Frost and Sullivan Company of the Year Award
for Global Tissue Diagnostics and Pathology Imaging. For more information, please visit: www.definiens.com
Safe Harbor Statement
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Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to data being presented at the at the 2017 Society for
Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) held November 10-11, 2017 in National Harbor, MD. These „forward-looking
statements“ are based on management’s current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those described
or implied in the forward-looking statements.
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