On November 5, 2019, Genocea Biosciences, Inc. issued a press release announcing the presentation of preclinical and clinical data demonstrating that ATLAS™ can identify relevant neoantigens and exclude inhibitory neoantigens that suppress anti-tumor immune responses at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), taking place from November 6 – 10, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. A copy of the press release, dated November 5, 2019, is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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GENOCEA BIOSCIENCES, INC. Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 gnca_sitcabstractspressrel.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit Investor Contact:Dan [email protected] Presents Preclinical Research that Shows Inhibitory Neoantigens Stifle Protective Anti-Tumor Immune Responses at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)Proportions of inhibitory neoantigens found in cancer patients with the ATLAS™ biology-driven platform may also predict patient responses to immunotherapyConfirm positive GEN-009 clinical immunogenicity resultsCAMBRIDGE,…
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About GENOCEA BIOSCIENCES, INC. (NASDAQ:GNCA)

Genocea Biosciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company discovers and develops vaccines and immunotherapies. It uses its discovery platform, AnTigen Lead Acquisition System (ATLAS), to design vaccines and immunotherapies that act, in part, through T cell (or cellular) immune responses. The Company operates through business of developing and commercializing vaccines segment. It has one product candidate in Phase II clinical development: GEN-003, which is a therapeutic vaccine or immunotherapy for the treatment of genital herpes infections. It has pre-clinical development programs, which include GEN-001, which is indicated for the treatment of chlamydia prophylaxis, and GEN-002, which indicated for the treatment of genital herpes prophylaxis both of which are in pre-clinical stage of development. The Company’s pipeline also includes GEN-005, which is under malaria prophylaxis, Epstein-Barr virus and immuno-oncology programs in research stage of development.