A "key catalyst" for Kinnate Biopharma Inc. (KNTE:NASDAQ) is expected in 2022, in the readout of first data regarding its lead product KIN-2787, reported Wedbush analyst Dr. David Nierengarten in a September 14, 2022 research note. Results from two other trials involving another of its inhibitors, KIN-3248, in urothelial carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma should follow in 2023.
Wedbush rates the California-based life sciences company Outperform. Kinnate is currently trading at about US$11.73 per share, which compares to Wedbush's target price on it of US$33 per share.
"We would be buyers of Kinnate shares ahead of these first-in-human data points," Nierengarten wrote.
Thus, Wedbush rates the California-based life sciences company Outperform. Kinnate is currently trading at about US$11.73 per share, which compares to Wedbush's target price on it of US$33 per share.
Kinnate is advancing a pipeline of proprietary kinase inhibitor product candidates targeting various cancers.
The data expected soon are from Part A of the KN-8701 study of Kinnate's RAF inhibitor, KIN-2787, in BRAF (v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1)-mutated solid tumors. Part A includes patients with BRAF Class 1, 2, or 3 alterations in solid tumors and/or NRAS (neuroblastoma ras viral oncogene homolog)-mutated melanoma.
"Any efficacy in the BRAF Class 2 and 3 patient populations could support development [of KN-2787] in patients with these tumors," wrote Nierengarten.
This would be important, the analyst added, given the three approved BRAF V600E inhibitors for melanoma patients with BRAF Class 1 alterations have not shown an effect on BRAF Classes 2 and 3 alterations.
Nierengarten also pointed out that if the KIN-2787 monotherapy data show "relevant reductions in ctDNA, it will increase our confidence that KIN-2787 is an active agent."
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