Kairos Pharma Announces New Department of Defense Funding for Research of ENV205
19 February 2025 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
Kairos Pharma, Ltd. (NYSE American: KAPA), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company, announces that through its academic
partnership with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai has
received $600,000 in funding from the Department of Defense Lung
Cancer Research Program to advance the development of ENV205, a
groundbreaking new drug to treat chemotherapy drug resistance and
cachexia.
This funding will accelerate the Company’s research efforts to
develop ENV205, a first-in-class therapy designed to reverse
chemotherapy drug resistance, counteract muscle loss, improve
strength, and enhance the effectiveness of existing cancer
treatments. By targeting key pathways that drive cachexia, Kairos
seeks to develop ENV205 to provide a much-needed solution to help
patients maintain their health and resilience throughout cancer
therapy. The Company has long been partnering with Cedars-Sinai in
its research and development of ENV205.
Neil Bhowmick, Kairos Pharma’s Chief Scientific Officer, stated,
“We are grateful to our supporters and collaborators who share our
vision of improving outcomes for cancer patients worldwide. We look
forward to collaborating with the Department of Defense to advance
this promising new therapy toward clinical trials.”
Dr. John Yu, Kairos Pharma’s Chief Executive Officer, added,
“Developing our therapeutics through non-dilutive federal funding
has been a hallmark of Kairos’s success in drug development and
underscores the excellence of our scientific team.”
Cachexia is a severe muscle-wasting condition that affects over
half of cancer patients and significantly impacts quality of life,
treatment tolerance, and survival. It is a complex metabolic
syndrome characterized by involuntary weight loss, muscle atrophy,
and systemic inflammation, which currently lacks effective
treatment options.
About Kairos Pharma Ltd.
Based in Los Angeles, California, Kairos Pharma Ltd. (NYSE
American: KAPA) is at the forefront of oncology therapeutics,
utilizing structural biology to overcome drug resistance and immune
suppression in cancer. Our lead candidate, ENV105, is an antibody
that targets CD105 – a protein identified as a key driver of
resistance to various cancer treatments. Elevation of CD105 in
response to standard therapy results in resistance and disease
relapse. ENV105 aims to reverse drug resistance by targeting CD105
and restore the effectiveness of standard therapies across multiple
cancer types. Currently, ENV105 is in a Phase 2 clinical trial for
castrate-resistant prostate cancer and a Phase 1 trial for lung
cancer aimed at addressing significant unmet medical needs. For
more information, visit kairospharma.com.
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