Mustang Bio Announces MB-101 (IL13Rα2‐targeted CAR T cells) Scientific Presentations at Upcoming Virtual Conferences

WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mustang Bio, Inc. (“Mustang”) (NASDAQ: MBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on translating today’s medical breakthroughs in cell and gene therapies into potential cures for hematologic cancers, solid tumors and rare genetic diseases, today announced that Christine Brown, Ph.D., Deputy Director, T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory and The Heritage Provider Network Professor in Immunotherapy, will present updated Phase 1 clinical data regarding MB-101 (IL13Rα2‐targeted CAR T cells) at two upcoming scientific conferences in October 2021.

Details of the virtual presentations are as follows:

First Annual Conference on CNS Clinical Trials, Co-sponsored by the Society for Neuro-Oncology and American Society of Clinical Oncology

• Title: CAR T Cells in Primary Brain Tumors
• Session: Session 3: Immunotherapy – Hype and Hope
• Date and Time: Friday, October 1, 2021 at 2:30 PM ET
  

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American Association for Cancer Research Virtual Special Conference: Brain Cancer

• Title: Advancing CAR T Cell Therapy for Glioblastoma
• Session: Plenary Session 2: Novel Therapeutics
• Date and Time: Monday, October 25, 2021 at 1:15 PM ET
  

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Mustang is collaborating with City of Hope on several chimeric antigen receptor T cell clinical trials, including MB‐101 (IL13Rα2‐targeted CAR T cells) clinical trials for brain cancer. Additional information about the brain cancer clinical trials can be found on clinicaltrials.gov using identifiers NCT04661384, NCT02208362 and NCT04003649.

About MB‐101 (IL13Rα2‐targeted CAR T cells)
IL13Rα2 is an attractive target for CAR T therapy as it has limited expression in normal tissue but is overexpressed on the surface of the majority of malignant glioma cells, including glioblastoma multiforme, ependymoma and medulloblastoma. CAR T cells are designed to express a membrane‐tethered IL‐13 receptor ligand (IL‐13) incorporating a single‐point mutation that provides high affinity for IL13Rα2 and reduces binding to IL13Rα1 in order to reduce healthy tissue targeting. Mustang is developing MB‐101 as an optimized CAR T product incorporating enhancements in CAR design and T cell engineering to improve antitumor potency and T cell persistence. MB‐101 includes a second‐generation hinge optimized CAR containing mutations in the IgG4 linker to reduce off‐target Fc interactions, the 4-1BB (CD137) co‐stimulatory signaling domain for improved persistence of CAR T cells and the extracellular domain of CD19 as a selection/safety marker. To further improve persistence, central memory T cells are enriched and genetically engineered using a manufacturing process that limits ex vivo expansion to reduce T cell exhaustion and maintain a memory T cell phenotype.

About Mustang Bio
Mustang Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on translating today’s medical breakthroughs in cell and gene therapies into potential cures for hematologic cancers, solid tumors and rare genetic diseases. Mustang aims to acquire rights to these technologies by licensing or otherwise acquiring an ownership interest, to fund research and development and to outlicense or bring the technologies to market. Mustang has partnered with top medical institutions to advance the development of CAR T therapies across multiple cancers, as well as a lentiviral gene therapy for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency. Mustang is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and files periodic reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Mustang was founded by Fortress Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIO). For more information, visit www.mustangbio.com.

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