Here's a comment from a competing website where the author...

Here's a comment from a competing website where the author originally misspelled "Bempeg" as "Bemped". (what an idiot)
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"Turning cold tumor "hot" is one objective of EVT801. That's basically the same thing objective that the now-discarded Bemped had. Bad news for Nektar is good news for Kazia, the way I see it. From Cancer Discovery (2020): "As low tumor PD-L1 expression, low levels of baseline tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), and absence of a T-cell inflamed tumor microenvironment can be associated with a poor response to CPI (7–10), novel therapeutic approaches that stimulate T cells or overcome T-cell exhaustion may complement or synergize with checkpoint inhibition to achieve durable responses for more patients."
So that was the rationale for Bemped trials. I feel for Nektar investors, but maybe they'll now be made aware of EVT801 and Kazia."
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(Bempeg was being trialed with the checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo and the trials have now been quit by BMY.)