Y-mAbs Announces Update to National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Neuroblastoma to Include Naxitamab-gqgk (DANYELZA®)

/EIN News/ -- PRINCETON, N.J., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Y-mAbs”) (Nasdaq: YMAB), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel radioimmunotherapy and antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, today announced that naxitamab-gqgk (DANYELZA®) is recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network^® (“NCCN”) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines^®) as a NCCN Category 2A treatment option for high-risk neuroblastoma.

“We are very pleased with NCCN’s update of the NCCN Guidelines to include naxitamab-gggk (DANYELZA). We believe this decision reinforces the importance of naxitimab-gggk (DANYELZA) as a leading anti-GD2 therapy of choice for physicians treating patients with relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma,” said Doug Gentilcore, SVP, DANYELZA Business Unit Head.

Naxitamab-gqgk (DANYELZA) was granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) on November 25, 2020 in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) for pediatric patients one year of age and older and adult patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow demonstrating a partial response, minor response, or stable disease to prior therapy. The FDA approval of naxitamab-gqgk (DANYELZA) was based on efficacy results in patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow enrolled in two single-arm, open-label trials: Study 201 (NCT 03363373) and Study 12-230 (NCT 01757626).

The NCCN is a not-for-profit alliance of 33 leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to defining and advancing quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives. NCCN makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever regarding their content, use or application and disclaims any responsibility for their application or use in any way.

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (“MSK”) developed naxitamab-gqgk (DANYELZA), which is exclusively licensed by MSK to Y-mAbs. MSK has institutional financial interests related to the compound and Y-mAbs.

About DANYELZA^® (naxitamab-gqgk)
DANYELZA^® (naxitamab-gqgk) is indicated, in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor ("GM-CSF"), for the treatment of pediatric patients 1 year of age and older and adult patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow who have demonstrated a partial response, minor response, or stable disease to prior therapy. This indication was approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate and duration of response. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefits in a confirmatory trial. DANYELZA^® includes a Boxed Warning for serious infusion-related reactions, such as cardiac arrest and anaphylaxis, and neurotoxicity, such as severe neuropathic pain and transverse myelitis. See full Prescribing Information for complete Boxed Warning and other important safety information here.

DANYELZA is currently not approved for the treatment of osteosarcoma in any jurisdiction.

About Y-mAbs
Y-mAbs is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, radioimmunotherapy and antibody-based therapeutic cancer products. The Company’s technologies include its investigational Self-Assembly DisAssembly (“SADA”) Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy Platform (“PRIT”) and bispecific antibodies generated using the Y-BiClone platform. The Company’s broad and advanced product pipeline includes the anti-GD2 therapy DANYELZA^® (naxitamab-gqgk), the first FDA-approved treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow after a partial response, minor response, or stable disease to prior therapy.

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