BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. Appoints Martin Schmieg to Board of Directors

BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops immunotherapies to transform cancer care. The Company’s lead drug candidate, Bria-IMT, is a cell-based patented immunotherapy that stimulates a patient’s own cancer fighting cells to attack and destroy breast cancer tumors. The Company is advancing its targeted immunotherapy program by prioritizing a Phase II clinical trial with Bria-IMT in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. The Company is focused on conducting a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of Bria-IMT in a combination study with Incyte’s immune PD-1 inhibitor, retifanlimab, in advanced breast cancer. The Company is also developing Bria-OTS, an off-the-shelf personalized approach to whole cell cancer immunotherapy. The Bria-OTS immunotherapy is based on a patient’s HLA-type. Its pipeline also includes Bria-Pros, Bria-Lung, Bria-Mel and sCD80, which are in development to treat various cancers.