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Polyphor to Host an Expert Perspectives Webinar on Innovative IO Approaches for the Treatment of HER2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer - Seite 2

Dr. Kaufman is collaborating in or overseeing a number of research studies in breast cancer, including chairing several international, national and regional clinical trials. He has several primary areas of research interest, including HER2+ breast cancer and testing for and targeting HER2 therapeutically. He obtained his MD degree from the New York University School of Medicine and completed an internal medicine internship, residency, and a Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Javier Cortes, M.D., Ph.D., is a breast cancer specialist with a particular interest in drug development. He is Clinical Investigator of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, and Head of the Breast Cancer Program, IOB Institute of Oncology, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Previously, he was Head of the Breast Cancer Program and the Melanoma Unit of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Hospital Vall d'Hebron.

Dr. Cortes actively participates in numerous national and international clinical trials, especially in relation to candidate drugs directed against molecular targets and new chemotherapy agents, and is co-chair of the FORTRESS trial. Dr. Cortes holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and his Ph.D. in Medical Oncology from the University of Navarra in 2002.

 

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About Polyphor
Polyphor is a research-driven clinical-stage, Swiss biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing first-in-class molecules in oncology and antimicrobial resistance leveraging the company's leading macrocyclic peptide technology platform. Polyphor is advancing balixafortide (POL6326) in a Phase III trial in combination with eribulin in patients with advanced breast cancer and exploring its potential in other cancer indications. In addition, it has discovered and is developing the Outer Membrane Protein Targeting Antibiotics (OMPTA). OMPTA are potentially the first new class of antibiotics in clinical development in the last 50 years against Gram-negative bacteria. The company's lead OMPTA program is an inhaled formulation of murepavadin for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. Polyphor is based in Allschwil near Basel and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: POLN). For more information, please visit www.polyphor.com.