** Shares of therapy developer Harpoon Therapeutics HARP.O
rise ~12.2% to $7.74 premarket
** Co said on Friday that its experimental therapy HPN328
showed a response rate of 32% in patients with small cell lung
cancer
** The therapy also showed a response rate of 35% across all
tumor types in one patient cohort and a response rate of 42% in
a patient group with cancers such as prostate cancer, small cell
bladder cancer, and large cell lung cancer
** Response rate is defined as the proportion of patients
who have a partial or complete response to therapy
** Up to last close, shares down 5.2% YTD
(Reporting by Christy Santhosh)
((Christy.Santhosh@thomsonreuters.com))