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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 11, 2021, Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (“Adaptimmune”) issued a press release announcing updated clinical and translational data from its pivotal SPEARHEAD-1 trial with afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel, formerly ADP-A2M4) in patients with advanced synovial sarcoma or myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) to be presented at the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) annual meeting.
Clinical data will be presented in an oral presentation by Dr. Brian Van Tine of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (Abstract #1080870) during the Immunotherapy & Immune Microenvironment Session starting at 10:00 a.m. EST on November 12, 2021. Preliminary translational insights from the Phase 2 SPEARHEAD-1 trial will also be presented in a poster (Abstract #1080366) by Dr. Sandra P. D’Angelo of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center during the Immunology & Immunotherapy Session beginning at 2:30 p.m. EST on November 12, 2021.
The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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99.1 | ||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC | |||
Date: November 12, 2021 | By: | /s/ Margaret Henry | |
Name: | Margaret Henry | ||
Title: | Corporate Secretary |