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*New members bring deep experience in pancreatic, colorectal, and anal cancers to guide pelareorep’s development as a platform immunotherapy across GI tumors*
*Company continues to strengthen its clinical and strategic foundation to advance registration-enabling studies in high-value indications*
**SAN DIEGO, January 07, 2026**\--([BUSINESS WIRE](https://www.businesswire.com/))--Oncolytics Biotech^(®) Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCY) ("Oncolytics" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing pelareorep, today announced the expansion of its gastrointestinal ("GI") Tumor Scientific Advisory Board ("SAB") with the appointment of Dr. Eileen O’Reilly, Dr. Neil Segal, and Dr. Van Morris, three globally recognized experts in gastrointestinal oncology. The GI SAB was recently established to support Oncolytics’ growing portfolio of clinical programs in pancreatic, colorectal, and anal cancers and to guide the Company’s strategy as it advances pelareorep as a platform immunotherapy across GI tumors.
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Dr. Eileen O’Reilly is the Winthrop Rockefeller Endowed Chair of Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ("MSK") and an internationally recognized leader in pancreatic cancer research and treatment.
"The data emerging with pelareorep across gastrointestinal cancers add to the growing evidence of immunotherapy’s potential in these diseases," said Dr. O’Reilly. "The opportunity to help guide a program that has demonstrated durable responses and encouraging survival signals across multiple tumor types is an important one."
Dr. Neil Segal is the Research Director of the Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology at MSK and an expert in translational oncology and biomarker-driven development.
"Pelareorep’s immunomodulatory potential across solid tumors warrants further evaluation as a potential therapeutic approach," said Dr. Segal. "I look forward to contributing scientific guidance as Oncolytics advances its clinical development program and explores collaborative opportunities."
Dr. Van Morris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, where he also serves as the Section Chief for Colorectal Cancer.
"I have a strong belief in the potential of immunotherapies like pelareorep to help patients in the gastrointestinal cancer setting," said Dr. Morris. "This drug candidate has shown very promising findings in early trials for patients with colorectal and anal cancers, which should be further studied as soon as possible. I look forward to shepherding pelareorep through these next steps of its development."
Jared Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of Oncolytics Biotech, commented: "We’re thrilled to welcome Drs. O’Reilly, Segal, and Morris to our GI SAB. Each brings deep clinical and strategic expertise that will be instrumental as we advance pelareorep through late-stage development. Our focus remains on moving forward with studies that aim to deliver new treatments for patients with difficult GI tumors—programs with total addressable markets so significant that large pharma should take notice. Pelareorep represents a rare example of a true immunotherapy platform with broad applicability across gastrointestinal cancers, and we are strategically positioned to maximize its impact."
With the addition of these distinguished members, Oncolytics’ GI SAB now includes six global experts representing leading academic and clinical institutions across North America and Europe. The inaugural three members include Sanjay Goel, M.D., M.S., FASCO, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Phase I Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey; Deva Mahalingam, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, GI oncologist and Director of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, Lurie Cancer Center at Northwestern University; and Dirk Arnold, M.D., Ph.D., FESMO, Principal Investigator of the GOBLET study, Professor of Medicine, and Director of Asklepios Tumorzentrum Hamburg, Germany. The GI SAB will continue to provide guidance on study design, clinical strategy, and translational initiatives as the Company advances its pancreatic, anal, and colorectal cancer programs toward registration-enabling trials.
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