Monopar Therapeutics Inc ( MNPR ) shares are trading higher by 108% to $4.99 Thursday morning after the company announced early data from its ongoing open-label MNPR-101-Zr Phase 1 imaging and dosimetry clinical trial confirming MNPR-101-Zr’s tumor targeting ability in humans.

What Happened: Monopar Therapeutics ( MNPR ) says MNPR-101, a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting uPAR-expressing cancers, demonstrated specific and durable uptake in metastatic tumors on PET scans, compared to standard FDG imaging.

Monopar’s COO, Andrew Cittadine, expressed satisfaction with the findings, and the company aims to further explore MNPR-101’s therapeutic potential in its upcoming Phase 1 trial in Australia.

Lead investigator Rodney Hicks highlighted the promising retention of MNPR-101-Zr in known disease sites. Monopar plans to present additional data at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress in October 2024 and is set to launch a therapeutic trial with MNPR-101-Lu later this year.

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According to data from Benzinga Pro, MNPR has a 52-week high of $8.65 and a 52-week low of $1.37.