Articles from HOOKIPA Pharma Inc.

HB-500 is a next-generation therapeutic vaccine being developed in collaboration with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) as a potential component of a curative regimen for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, “HOOKIPA”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next generation immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and serious infectious disease, today announced a notice to shareholders regarding U.K. disclosure requirements.

Enrollment of 68 patients completed Phase 2 study for eseba-vec + pembrolizumab in HPV+ HNSCC four months ahead of schedule

Phase 2 trial evaluating eseba-vec/pembrolizumab combination resulted in a 52% ORR in PD-L1 CPS>20 patients and encouraging PFS and OS data, supported by highly durable and tumor-specific T cell response, with good overall safety

Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) poster to be presented by collaborator from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Alan Ho, on November 9, 2024

Study done in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering and led by Dr. Winston Wong, Head and Neck Oncologist and Dr. Alan Ho, Chief of the Head and Neck Oncology Service

Preclinical proof-of-concept package to be presented at Industry Summit on RAS being held September 24-26, 2024

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Aug. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQHOOK) (“HOOKIPA” or the “Company”), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced the appointment of Director Julie O’Neill as Non-Executive Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors. She succeeds Jan van de Winkel, who has decided to step down from the Board effective August 30, 2024, due to increasing time commitments from his executive position as Chief Executive Officer of Genmab A/S. The Company also announced that Tim Reilly has chosen to step down from the Board, also effective August 30th, to be able to dedicate more time to his other professional responsibilities.

New Leadership Appointments; Positive Clinical and Regulatory Reports for the Lead Product Candidate, HB-200 (eseba-vec); On track to initiate the Phase 2/3 “AVALON-1” study with eseba-vec in Q4 2024

NEW YORK and VIENNA, July 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQHOOK) (”HOOKIPA” or the “Company”), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced the appointment of Directors Dr. Malte Peters as Chief Executive Officer and Terry Coelho as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 22, 2024. They will both retain their positions on the Board of Directors (“Board”).

NEW YORK and VIENNA, July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, “HOOKIPA”), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock will be effective as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 9, 2024.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, July 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, HOOKIPA), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the first person has been dosed in a Phase 1b clinical trial of HB-500, an investigational therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of HIV. As a result, HOOKIPA achieves a $5 million non-dilutive milestone payment under its collaboration and license agreement with Gilead.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, June 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced positive updated results from its Phase 2 clinical trial of HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with recurrent/metastatic human papillomavirus 16 positive (HPV16+) head and neck cancer.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, May 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, HOOKIPA or the Company), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that members of HOOKIPA’s Executive Team will host an investor call on June 4, 2024, at 4:15 p.m. ET. Complete details and registration information are included below. The call will detail the Company’s Phase 2 clinical data of HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab for the treatment of human papillomavirus 16 positive head and neck cancer, including preliminary progression-free survival and overall survival data for patients with CPS ≥20.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, May 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced positive updated results from its Phase 1/2 clinical trial of HB-200 for the treatment of human papillomavirus 16 positive (HPV16+) head and neck cancers. The data were published in the Company’s abstract for the ASCO 2024 Annual Meeting and support the Company’s pivotal Phase 2/3 trial design for HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab in the first line setting.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today reported financial results and recent business highlights for the first quarter of 2024.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, HOOKIPA or the Company), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced its final pivotal Phase 2/3 trial design for HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab. The Phase 2/3 trial design and protocol are based on alignment with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following the Company’s Type C meeting with the FDA.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the Company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for HB-700, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of KRAS-mutated cancers.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, April 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of non-statutory options to Mark Winderlich, who was appointed Chief Development Officer of the Company effective April 1, 2024, to purchase an aggregate of 250,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan. The award was granted as an inducement material to the employee’s acceptance of employment with HOOKIPA in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The options have an exercise price equal to $0.76 per share. The options have a ten-year term and vest over four years, with 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder vesting in equal quarterly installments for three years thereafter, subject to the employee’s continued service with HOOKIPA on each such vesting date. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan approved by the Board of Directors in April 2023 and the terms and conditions of award agreements covering the grants.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, HOOKIPA or the Company), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that members of HOOKIPA’s Executive Team will host an investor call summarizing the Company’s constructive regulatory interactions with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). HOOKIPA and the FDA have aligned on the design and protocol of the Company’s upcoming pivotal Phase 2/3 clinical trial of HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab. The investor call will be held on April 25, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. ET. Complete details and registration information are included below.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, March 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today reported financial results and business highlights for the fourth quarter and full year 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, March 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that HOOKIPA’s Chief Financial Officer, Reinhard Kandera, will present at the Leerink Partners Global Biopharma Conference on March 13, 2024. Webcast details are available below.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the Company will focus its resources in two strategic areas: (1) prioritize the clinical development of a randomized trial for its HB-200 program in human papillomavirus 16 positive (HPV16+) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and (2) its two Gilead-partnered infectious disease cure programs for hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced the appointment of Mark Winderlich, PhD, as Chief Development Officer, effective April 1, 2024 (‘effective date’). Dr. Winderlich has rich experience leading multiple candidates through the drug development process to product approval in the United States and in Europe.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that Gilead Sciences (‘Gilead’) has purchased 15 million shares of HOOKIPA’s common stock for approximately $21.25 million, at a price of $1.4167 per share.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the Company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for HB-500, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of HIV. HOOKIPA is responsible for advancing the HIV program through the completion of a Phase 1b clinical trial. Gilead has the exclusive right to assume further development of the program thereafter.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today reported financial results and business highlights for the third quarter of 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced updated Phase 1 clinical, biomarker and translational data on HB-200 as a monotherapy in heavily pretreated patients with recurrent/metastatic Human Papillomavirus 16-positive (HPV16+) head and neck cancer. The data show HB-200 monotherapy induced robust, high-quality and durable tumor-specific T cell responses, which showed a trend of clinical benefit measured by a 44 percent disease control rate in a difficult-to-treat patient population. The data were presented in a poster presentation (abstract #679) at the 2023 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that it will release its third quarter 2023 financial results and business highlights on November 9, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today presented updated data from its ongoing Phase 2 trial of HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with recurrent/metastatic Human Papillomavirus 16-positive (HPV16+) head and neck cancer.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that The Journal of Infectious Diseases has published preclinical data on HB-400, an investigational therapeutic vaccine for chronic hepatitis B developed in collaboration with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (HB-400 is also referenced as GS-2829 and GS-6779.) The published data highlight HB-400 as a potential component in achieving a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Sept. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that Katia Schlienger, M.D., Ph.D., is stepping down from her position as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to pursue new opportunities, effective September 30. Malte Peters, M.D., a current member of the Board of Directors of HOOKIPA, will lead HOOKIPA’s clinical activities ad interim as Senior Clinical Advisor until a CMO search is complete. During this time, Dr. Peters will remain a member of the HOOKIPA Board of Directors.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of non-statutory options to new employees to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan. The award was granted as an inducement material to the employees’s acceptance of employment with HOOKIPA in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The options have an exercise price equal to $ 1.00 per share. The options have a ten year term and vest over four years, with 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder vesting in equal quarterly installments for three years thereafter, subject to the employee’s continued service with HOOKIPA on each such vesting date. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan approved by the Board of Directors in April 2023 and the terms and conditions of award agreements covering the grants.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that HOOKIPA’s management team will participate in and present at the following upcoming investor conferences:

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today reported financial results and business highlights for the second quarter of 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that it will release its second quarter 2023 financial results and business highlights on August 10, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, June 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of non-statutory options to new employees to purchase an aggregate of 80,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan. The award was granted as an inducement material to the employees’s acceptance of employment with HOOKIPA in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The options have an exercise price equal to $ 1.01 per share. The options have a ten year term and vest over four years, with 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder vesting in equal quarterly installments for three years thereafter, subject to the employee’s continued service with HOOKIPA on each such vesting date. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan approved by the Board of Directors in April 2023 and the terms and conditions of award agreements covering the grants.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 22,900,768 shares of its common stock and 15,268 shares of its non-voting Series A-2 convertible preferred stock (the “Offering”). The public offering price of each share of common stock is $1.31 and the public offering price of each share of non-voting Series A-2 preferred stock is $1,310.00 (each share of non-voting Series A-2 preferred stock is convertible into 1,000 shares of common stock). The gross proceeds to HOOKIPA from this offering are expected to be approximately $50.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. All of the securities in the Offering are to be sold by HOOKIPA. The Offering is expected to close on June 5, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced positive preliminary data from its ongoing Phase 2 study of HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with recurrent/metastatic Human Papillomavirus 16-positive (HPV16+) head and neck cancer. New data show a 43 percent objective response rate (ORR) with HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab in checkpoint inhibitor (CPI)-naïve patients, doubling the 19 percent response rate for pembrolizumab alone. HOOKIPA plans to share the full data at a medical conference later this year and is preparing to start a pivotal trial of HB-200 in combination with pembrolizumab in the 1st-line setting in 2024. The company will host a webcast call June 1st at 8:00 a.m. EDT.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today reported financial results and business highlights for the first quarter of 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the first person has been dosed in a Gilead-led Phase 1 clinical trial of HB-400, an investigational therapeutic vaccine for chronic hepatitis B. HB-400 is one of two novel compounds being developed in collaboration with Gilead.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that HOOKIPA’s management team will participate in and present at the following upcoming investor conferences:

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that it will release its first quarter 2023 financial results and business highlights on May 11, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, April 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that a Trial in Progress poster on its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical study (NCT05553639) of HB-300 in prostate cancer has been accepted for presentation at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place June 2-6, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, announced today that the company will participate in investor meetings at the Van Lanschot Kempen Life Sciences Conference being held in Amsterdam, April 25 - 26, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, April 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, the “Company”), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of non-statutory options to a new employee to purchase an aggregate of 50,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan. The award was granted as an inducement material to the employee’s acceptance of employment with HOOKIPA in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The options have an exercise price equal to $1.00 per share. The options have a ten year term and vest over four years, with 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder vesting in equal quarterly installments for three years thereafter, subject to the employee’s continued service with HOOKIPA on each such vesting date. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of HOOKIPA’s 2023 Inducement Plan approved by the Board of Directors in April 2023 and the terms and conditions of award agreements covering the grants.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today reported financial results and provided a corporate update for the fourth quarter and full year 2022, as well as the outlook for 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, announced today that Terry Coelho will join its Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, effective April 3, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that it will release fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The Company will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:30 AM ET to discuss its financial results and provide a corporate update.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapies based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that it has achieved a $10 million non-dilutive milestone payment under its collaboration agreement with Roche to develop HB-700, a novel arenaviral immunotherapy for KRAS-mutated cancers. The success-based milestone payment reflects the start of the HB-700 manufacturing process to support a Phase 1 clinical trial. HOOKIPA plans to submit an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the first half of 2024.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the company will participate in the virtual SVB Securities Global Biopharma Conference, February 14 - 16, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapies based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that it has achieved a $5 million non-dilutive milestone payment under its collaboration agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. HOOKIPA completed and delivered a regulatory support package for Gilead’s Phase 1 clinical trial of an investigational therapeutic vaccine for chronic hepatitis B using HOOKIPA’s arenaviral platform. The first participant in the Phase 1 clinical trial is expected to be dosed in 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, announced today the promotion of Katia Schlienger, M.D., Ph.D., to Chief Medical Officer and the appointment of Malte Peters, M.D., to its Board of Directors, both effective January 1, 2023.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the company will participate virtually in investor meetings and panel discussions at The JMP Securities Hematology and Oncology Summit, December 6 - 7, 2022.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapies based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today reported business highlights and financial results for the third quarter of 2022.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapies based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced it will release its third quarter 2022 financial results and Company update before the market opens on Monday, November 14, 2022.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, today announced that the company will participate in the Sidoti Micro-Cap Virtual Conference, November 9 - 10, 2022.

NEW YORK and VIENNA, Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOK, ‘HOOKIPA’), a company developing a new class of immunotherapies based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, announced today a strategic collaboration and license agreement with Roche to develop HB-700 for KRAS-mutated cancers and a second undisclosed novel arenaviral immunotherapy. This represents HOOKIPA’s first oncology licensing collaboration.