REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Revolution Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVMD), a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing targeted therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers, today announced that the company will participate in the upcoming Digital RAS-Targeted Drug Discovery Summit being held February 23-25, 2021. Steve Kelsey, M.D., president, research and development, will be a featured speaker during the virtual event and will provide a scientific update on the company’s first-in-class RAS(ON) Inhibitor programs.
Revolution Medicines recently announced the entry of two RAS(ON) Inhibitor programs into IND-enabling development: RMC-6291, a potent, oral and selective tri-complex inhibitor of KRASG12C(ON); and RMC-6236 a potent, oral and RAS-selective tri-complex KRASMULTI(ON) inhibitor.
Details of Revolution Medicines’ participation in the RAS-Targeted Drug Development Summit are as follows:
Presentation:
| Title: | Drugging the RAS(ON) Form of Diverse Oncogenic RAS Mutations |
| Presenter: | Steve Kelsey, M.D., president, research and development |
| Date: | Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. Eastern |
Panel Discussion:
| Title: | Mechanisms of Resistance for Combination Therapies |
| Participant: | Steve Kelsey, M.D., president, research and development |
| Date: | Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. Eastern |
Additional information on the Digital RAS-Targeted Drug Discovery Summit is available through the conference website at https://ras-drugdiscovery.com/.
Revolution Medicines also today announced that the company will participate in three upcoming investor conferences. Details of these events are as follows:
- 10th Annual SVB Leerink Global Healthcare Conference
Fireside chat with Mark A. Goldsmith, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and chairman
Conference date: February 22-26, 2021
Fireside chat time: 1:40 – 2:10 p.m. Eastern on February 25, 2021
Format: Virtual conference; webcast available
- 41st Annual Cowen Healthcare Conference
Fireside chat with Mark A. Goldsmith, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and chairman
Conference dates: March 1-4, 2021
Fireside chat time: 10:20 – 10:50 a.m. Eastern on March 3, 2021
Format: Virtual conference; webcast available
- HC Wainwright Global Life Science Conference
Corporate presentation delivered by Mark A. Goldsmith, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and chairman
Conference dates: March 9-10, 2021
Presentation time: 7:00 a.m. Eastern on March 9, 2021
Format: Virtual conference; webcast available
To access the live webcasts of the fireside chats and corporate presentation at these investor conferences, please visit the “Events & Presentations” page within the Investors section of Revolution Medicines’ website at https://ir.revmed.com/events-and-presentations. Additionally, replays of the webcasts will be available on the “Events & Presentations” page of the Revolution Medicines’ website for at least 14 days following the conference.
About Revolution Medicines, Inc.
Revolution Medicines is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing novel targeted therapies to inhibit high-value frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers. The company possesses sophisticated structure-based drug discovery capabilities built upon deep chemical biology and cancer pharmacology know-how and innovative, proprietary technologies that enable the creation of small molecules tailored to unconventional binding sites.
The company’s R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) Inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins, and RAS Companion Inhibitors for use in combination treatment strategies. RAS(ON) Inhibitors in development include RMC-6291 and RMC-6236, and a pipeline of research compounds targeting additional RAS variants. RAS Companion Inhibitors in development include RMC-4630, RMC-5552, and RMC-5845.
Forward Looking Statements
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