-- Patients with tumors harboring NRF2-mutations have a poorer prognosis and no available targeted therapies --
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calithera Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALA), a clinical-stage, precision-oncology biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has enrolled the first patient in a phase 2 clinical trial of sapanisertib (CB-228) in patients with relapsed/refractory NRF2 (NFE2L2)-mutated squamous non-small cell lung cancer (sqNSCLC).