AIM ImmunoTech Discusses Ampligen®’s Potential to Complement Emerging Pancreatic Cancer Therapies in New CEO Corner Video
Company highlights supportive survival observations, potential for biomarker-driven patient selection and upcoming Phase 2 DURIPANC milestones
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OCALA, Fla., Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (NYSE American: AIM) (“AIM” or the “Company”) today announced the release of a new installment of its CEO Corner series featuring Chief Executive Officer Thomas K. Equels discussing how Ampligen® (rintatolimod) could fit into the evolving treatment landscape for pancreatic cancer.
In the CEO Corner, Equels discusses recent advances in pancreatic cancer treatment and why AIM believes Ampligen’s distinct immune-modulating approach warrants continued investigation. Rather than directly targeting a cancer-driving pathway, Ampligen has the potential to induce a broad-spectrum therapeutic effect that amplifies a patient’s innate immune response, creating the potential for a complementary role alongside or following therapies that act through different mechanisms.
The segment also highlights observations from a Dutch Named Patient Program (“NPP”) in which patients with radiologically stable pancreatic cancer after FOLFIRINOX received Ampligen as a maintenance treatment. In an exploratory analysis of 39 patients with a neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (“NLR”) below 4.5, median overall survival was 34.8 months, measured from the start of FOLFIRINOX. This encouraging observation supports further investigation of Ampligen following chemotherapy.
Advances with FOLFIRINOX and daraxonrasib highlight the evolving treatment landscape in pancreatic cancer. The following chart summarizes the median overall survival results from the selected patients from NPP program as well as data from the separate clinical trials of FOLFIRINOX in metastatic pancreatic cancer and a daraxonrasib clinical trial of RAS G12 mutation patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer.
However, differences in patient selection, disease stage, treatment setting, and the timing of survival measurement prevent direct comparisons between the NPP findings and survival results from trials of these therapies. These findings provide a rationale for randomized studies to determine whether adding Ampligen after chemotherapy improves outcomes. Further research is also needed to establish whether NLR can identify patients more likely to benefit specifically from Ampligen, rather than patients with a generally more favorable prognosis.
“Pancreatic cancer continues to present an urgent need for better treatment strategies, even as important new therapies emerge,” said Equels. “Ampligen approaches the disease differently through its potential to activate the innate immune response. We believe the powerful overall survival signal seen in the Named Patient Program, together with the clinical and biomarker data being generated through DURIPANC, will provide a compelling rationale to continue evaluating Ampligen’s potential role in pancreatic cancer. Ultimately, our goal is to get drug approval, which will be based on overall survival, in all probability focused on patients with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios below 4.5.”
AIM is continuing to investigate Ampligen through the ongoing Phase 2 DURIPANC study evaluating Ampligen in combination with AstraZeneca’s durvalumab in metastatic pancreatic cancer. The study’s primary endpoint is Clinical Benefit Rate at 24 weeks following initiation of combination therapy, with topline results anticipated in the first quarter of 2027. The study is also evaluating progression-free survival, overall survival and immune profiling, with overall survival analysis expected to begin in 2027.
AIM anticipates topline results from DURIPANC in the first quarter of 2027, followed by its analysis of overall survival – the gold standard for drug approval – commencing in Q3 2027. If supported by the clinical and biomarker data, the Company believes the study could help define the parameters of a potential follow-up pivotal Phase 3 program and provide positive clarity around where Ampligen fits within an evolving pancreatic cancer treatment landscape.
The latest CEO Corner segment is now available on the Company’s website here.
About AIM ImmunoTech Inc.
AIM ImmunoTech Inc. is an immuno-pharma company focused on the research and development of its lead product, Ampligen® (rintatolimod), for the treatment of late-stage pancreatic cancer, a lethal and unmet global health problem. Ampligen is a dsRNA and highly selective TLR3 agonist immuno-modulator that has shown broad-spectrum activity in clinical trials.
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