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Black Diamond Therapeutics discontinues BDTX-189, cuts workforce 30% to extend cash runway into Q3 2024
Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.
- Discontinued BDTX-189 due to rapid evolution of NSCLC treatment landscape (EGFR/HER2 Exon 20 insertions).
- Reduced workforce by ~30% to increase operational efficiency and extend cash runway.
- Cash runway extended into Q3 2024; $209M in cash, equivalents, and investments as of Dec 31, 2021.
- Prioritized BDTX-1535 (Phase 1 for GBM/NSCLC) with clinical data update expected in 2023.
- Prioritized BDTX-4933 (BRAF inhibitor); IND submission expected in first half of 2023.