Articles from RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapies for patients with inflammatory and immunological diseases, today announced that Brian Wong, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present a company overview at the 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapies for patients with inflammatory and immunological diseases, today announced the appointment of Lori Lyons-Williams as chair of its board of directors, succeeding William Rieflin, who stepped down from the board effective January 3, 2025. Mr. Rieflin will remain as a consultant for the company.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a group of accredited investors for the private placement of (i) 100,000,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.85 per share and (ii) to certain investors, in lieu of shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 76,452,000 shares of common stock at a price per pre-funded warrant of $0.8499, for gross proceeds of approximately $150.0 million. The private placement is expected to close on or about December 27, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The pre-funded warrants will have an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of common stock, be immediately exercisable and remain exercisable until exercised in full.

- RAPT obtains worldwide rights excluding China -

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Continues to advance preclinical pipeline, including next generation CCR4 compounds, and pursue licensing opportunities

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2024.

Company maintains solid cash position of $141.6 million

- Confirmed objective response rate (ORR) of 15.6% in all patients regardless of PD-L1 or HPV status

Company maintains solid cash position of $158.9 million

Includes late-breaking poster presentation to highlight phase 2 clinical data for tivumecirnon in head and neck cancer

- RAPT to host a conference call today at 8:30 am ET -

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced the appointment of Nipun Davar, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of Technical Operations.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that Brian Wong, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Guggenheim Healthcare Talks 6th Annual Biotechnology Conference on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. ET .

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that Brian Wong, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present a company overview at the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that results from its previously disclosed Phase 1a/1b clinical trial of zelnecirnon (formerly RPT193) were published in Allergy. The Phase 1a portion of the trial was a standard single and multiple dose-escalation study in 72 healthy volunteers. The Phase 1b portion of the trial was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study examining zelnecirnon as monotherapy in 31 patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD).

Company maintains strong cash position of $184.8 million

- Confirmed objective response rate (ORR) of 40% in PD-L1 positive (TPS ≥1%) patients with no prior checkpoint inhibitor therapy (CPI)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that members of the RAPT management team will participate in the following investor conferences in November:

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced it will present two posters on FLX475, its oncology drug candidate, at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 2023 Annual Meeting taking place November 3-5, 2023 in San Diego, CA.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that members of the RAPT management team will participate in the following investor conferences in September:

Company maintains strong cash position of $205 million

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that Brian Wong, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, June 12, 2023 at 1:20 p.m. PT.

-FLX475-treated patients exhibited significant changes in immune pathways likely to enhance an antitumor response

Company maintains strong cash position of $231.6 million

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced the appointment of Michael Listgarten as General Counsel.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced it will present a poster on FLX475, its lead oncology drug candidate, at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting taking place June 2-6, 2023 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based therapeutics company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that it has initiated its global 14-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of RPT193 as an oral, once-daily monotherapy in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma.

Company maintains strong cash position of $249.1 million

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that Brian Wong, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the SVB Securities Global Biopharma Conference on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 1:40 p.m. Eastern Time.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that Brian Wong, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Data Presented at ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT) (“RAPT” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that its abstract from its ongoing Phase 1/2 study of FLX475 as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in cancer patients has been accepted for poster presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Immuno-Oncology Annual Congress taking place December 7-9, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. The presentation will include data from checkpoint inhibitor-naïve NSCLC patients treated with the combination of FLX475 plus pembrolizumab including their PD-L1 status, and patients with EBV-positive NK/T cell lymphoma treated with FLX475 monotherapy.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT) (“RAPT” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 4,054,055 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $18.50 per share. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by RAPT. Gross proceeds to RAPT from the offering are expected to be $75 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. In addition, the underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 608,108 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on November 22, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT) (“RAPT” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $75 million of its common stock. In addition, RAPT expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $11.25 million of its common stock on the same terms and conditions. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by RAPT. The proposed offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the proposed offering may be completed or as to the actual size or terms of the proposed offering.

Company maintains strong cash position of $195.4 million

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced that members of the RAPT management team will participate in the following investor conferences in November.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAPT), a clinical-stage, immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in inflammatory diseases and oncology, today announced the appointment of Jennifer Nicholson as Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance and Adnan Rahman as Vice President of Commercial.