UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 23, 2023
TSCAN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-40603 | 82-5282075 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
830 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts | 02451 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (857) 399-9500
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trade Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Voting Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | TCRX | The Nasdaq Global Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On January 23, 2023, TScan Therapeutics, Inc. (“TScan” or the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its investigational new drug (“IND”) applications to evaluate T-Plex, TSC-204-A0201 and TSC-204-C0702. T-Plex will now serve as the primary IND for TScan’s solid tumor program, enabling customized combinations of T cell receptor-engineered T cell therapies to be administered to patients based on targets and HLAs expressed in their tumors. The press release also announced that TScan also filed secondary INDs for two initial TCR-T products, TSC-204-A0201 and TSC-204-C0702, that target melanoma-associated antigen 1 (MAGE-A1) on HLA types A*02:01 and C*07:02. MAGE-A1 is a cancer-associated antigen overexpressed in 45% of head and neck cancers and 50% of melanoma, cervical, and non-small cell lung cancers. With these INDs cleared, the Company announced that it is now working to open a multicenter Phase 1 clinical trial to establish the safety, preliminary efficacy, and feasibility of repeat dosing of multiplexed TCR-T.
The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 on this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
Exhibit | Description | |
99.1 | Press release, dated January 23, 2023. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
TScan Therapeutics, Inc. | ||||||
Date: January 23, 2023 | By: | /s/ Brian Silver | ||||
Brian Silver | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer |