
Affimed spurs promising response numbers in NK cell study, but durability will be the big question
German biotech Affimed caught some attention earlier this year with a pair of complete responses in an early study of its NK cell regimen for lymphoma. The biotech is back with more data from that study, and the results look promising — but will durability hold up?
A combination regimen of donor NK cells and Affimed’s CD30-targeting innate cell engager AFM13 spurred responses in 16 of 18 patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, including seven complete responses, as part of the first of two rounds of treatment in a Phase I/II study, the biotech said Monday.
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