Meet Ajit Suri, VP of Clinical Pharmacology. Ajit brings more than 25 years of experience to Tango where he supports studies of our clinical trials to understand safety and efficacy. His work examines how our precision oncology treatments may interact with other drugs, food and how they work in different populations. The data are crucial to continuing to develop and advance these promising treatments, potentially expanding the number of people who could benefit.
Tango Therapeutics
Biotechnology Research
Boston, Massachusetts 16,444 followers
Targeting tumor suppressor loss to unmask vulnerabilities for the next generation of precision medicines.
About us
Tango Therapeutics is a biotechnology company discovering and developing novel medicines targeting cancer vulnerabilities to deliver transformational new therapies for patients. Tango was launched in 2017 with a $55 million Series A investment from Third Rock Ventures. The company has established a robust product engine that leverages advances in DNA sequencing and CRISPR-based target discovery to generate breakthrough medicines that have the potential to provide deeper, more sustained benefit than today’s targeted therapies, and extend the benefit of available immuno-oncology agents. Tango Therapeutics is focused on three areas of drug development, each in well-defined patient populations currently lacking effective treatment options, and each with hallmarks of cancer that have not been targeted yet. These include: loss of tumor suppressor gene function; multiple oncogenic drivers; and immune evasion. What fuels each of Tango’s programs is an increasingly sophisticated ability to utilize synthetic lethality - the interaction between two genes that causes cell death when both are inactivated. In cancer cells, one of these genes is inactivated by mutation; the other will be inactivated by a drug. This approach leaves normal cells largely unaffected, with the potential to greatly enhance anti-tumor efficacy and reduce associated toxicity. Tango’s success will be driven by its depth of understanding of the genetic subtypes of cancer, and corresponding insights into novel drug targets and combinations uniquely relevant to each subtype. By shaping discovery efforts in this way, Tango has the potential to reach the clinic quickly, and with a clear plan for identifying the patients most likely to benefit from each new treatment, an approach that could increase both speed and probability of success in translating novel target discoveries into transformational new medicines for patients.
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https://www.tangotx.com/
External link for Tango Therapeutics
- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2017
- Specialties
- cancer, pharmaceutical research, functional genomics, drug discovery, and synthetic lethality
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201 Brookline Ave
Suite 901
Boston, Massachusetts 02215, US
Employees at Tango Therapeutics
Updates
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Today we announced positive clinical data from the phase 1/2 clinical trial of TNG462 and an update on our PRMT5 development program. Data from the ongoing TNG462 trial demonstrate durable clinical activity across multiple tumor types, including pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancers. We are moving to full development, with multiple combination studies planned in 2025. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dxuGQ2cS
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If you’ve got it, haunt it! Last week, associates came together for our annual Tango Halloween costume contest. And they brought their creativity, Boston humor and corporate puns to life through some amazing costumes! Congrats to the winners: Tom Garafalo as Boston’s iconic Rainbow Squash gas tank; Jeff (JP) Pagliei as Cyber Monk; Corey Kelly, MBA as legendary Mike Ditka; Ben-Oni Jean-Pierre as cloud storage and the best group costume went to Simon Liang, Katherine L., Iga Sienczylo, Margaret Wyman and Tram Anh Tran as the Tango “cat herders."
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“The fact that the pharmaceutical and biotech industries exist and that you are all here to support and work in it, I think there is probably no nobler scientific pursuit, perhaps other than practicing medicine. And what we are all doing in the biotech industry is enabling that whole practice of medicine to happen.” Well said by our SVP of Chemistry, John Maxwell, as he kicked off a teach-in titled “the path to making a new medicine” at our all-company Town Hall. We reflected on the incredible journey that takes place from discovering a new molecule, to receiving FDA approval for human study. It’s astounding to recognize the work, teams and expertise required to discover a new medicine, but equally astounding to envision the potential impact for patients.
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We’re excited to see new research on STK11/KEAP1 mutations driving PD-(L)1 inhibitor resistance published in Nature, relevant to our work on TNG260. Scientists at Tango contributed in vivo functional genomics data supporting the clinical observation that the loss of the tumor suppressor genes STK11 and KEAP1 lead to cancer immune evasion and resistance to PD-(L)1 inhibitor treatment. Another direct outcome of this work was the identification of CoREST as a therapeutic target for this patient population, the target of TNG260, currently being evaluated in a phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT05887492) This work demonstrates the urgent need for non-squamous NSCLC patients with STK11 and/or KEAP1 mutations that are refractory to PD-(L)1 inhibition, and we’re proud to be part of the broader scientific community advancing novel therapeutic strategies for these patients. Congratulations to all co-authors, and especially to Dr. Skoulidis and Dr. Heymac at MD Anderson Cancer Center for championing this multi-institutional publication integrating preclinical and clinical data from leading universities, clinical institutions and industry.
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Associates cheered on colleagues (while enjoying German-themed food and beer, of course) during our annual steinholding competition celebrating Oktoberfest. Our internal events team, Movers and Shakers, organizes events like this year-round to bring together associates, celebrate our culture (and respective cultures) and often times, engage in healthy competition. Congrats to winners Tenzing Khendu and Sean Hetherman, who earned bragging rights for a year!
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Two hours spent, 30 bikes built and limitless opportunities for the adventures children around Roxbury and Dorchester will be able to undertake with their new wheels. At this year’s community service day, we proudly partnered with Project HOPE Boston to support their mission of empowering women and families up and out of poverty.
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Thanks to FogPharma for hosting our President and CEO, Barbara Weber, M.D., as part of their fireside series spotlighting women executives. A phenomenal effort to help further women in the life sciences!
We were honored to recently host Barbara Weber, MD for the first of a new series of fireside chats at our offices spotlighting women executives in life sciences. Dr. Weber is a member of our Board of Directors who has a long and accomplished career in oncology drug development, including in her current role as president and CEO of Tango Therapeutics. In our lively and intimate discussion, Dr. Weber shared reflections on her professional journey, along with her learnings on leadership, mentorship, and growth across all stages of a career. It was a thought-provoking and inspiring event — sincere thanks, Dr. Weber, for generously sharing your time and insights. #Learning #FiresideChat #Oncology
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We kicked off the start of the school year with a back-to-school drive benefitting Catie's Closet, Inc, a Massachusetts-based organization that gives children in need life-changing access to clothing and basic necessities so they can thrive in school and in life. Fueled by a desire to give back – and also win! – associates competed by team for most supplies donated. The competition resulted in team shopping trips and boxes of supplies being donated.
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Join us tomorrow morning as Barbara Weber, M.D., President and CEO, presents at the 2024 Cantor Global Healthcare Conference. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eMGwe8_V
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