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Aptose enters $8.5M loan agreement with Hanmi for tuspetinib AML development
Aptose Biosciences Inc.
- Loan agreement with Hanmi for up to US$8.5M uncommitted facility to fund continued clinical development of tuspetinib.
- Loan is a related-party transaction; Aptose relies on 'financial hardship' exemption from formal valuation and minority shareholder approval.
- Tuspetinib is an oral agent targeting SYK, FLT3, KIT, JAK1/2, RSK2; ongoing TUSCANY Phase 1/2 trial in newly diagnosed AML with azacitidine and venetoclax.
- Early data from first two dose cohorts showed safety, CRs, and MRD negativity across diverse mutations.
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