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Articles Tagged with ''IL-2''

Xilio advancing immunotherapies to the clinic with $95M series C

Feb. 25, 2021
By Michael Fitzhugh
Cancer immunotherapy developer Xilio Therapeutics Inc. has raised $95 million in series C financing to support its efforts to move a duo of tumor-selective candidates into the clinic. IND applications for both its interleukin-2 agonist, XTX-202, and anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 antibody, XTX-101, are planned for this year.
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Cleanup in IL-2? Nektar, Alkermes spill good clinical beans

Dec. 1, 2020
By Randy Osborne
The already intriguing IL-2 pathway as a therapeutic target gained still more traction after San Francisco-based Nektar Therapeutics Inc. unveiled melanoma data with bempegaldesleukin (bempeg), its CD122-preferential agent in the class.
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Synthekine's $82M series A to support engineered cytokine development

Sep. 17, 2020
By Michael Fitzhugh
Synthekine Inc., a California startup developing new medicines for cancer and autoimmune disorders, has closed an $82 million series A financing. The funds will help the company move its two lead programs into the clinic, expand its discovery pipeline and hone its cytokine engineering platforms.
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Bright Peak Therapeutics emerges from stealth with $35M series A for synthetic biologics

July 28, 2020
By Cormac Sheridan
DUBLIN – Versant Ventures is committing $35 million in series A funding to Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc., which is developing a pipeline of engineered cytokines that are produced using a novel chemical synthesis technique rather than the recombinant methods that have underpinned more than four decades of biotechnology development.
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Hit or miss in mimesis? Albeit early, Neoleukin lookin’ good

April 30, 2020
By Randy Osborne
Seattle-based Neoleukin Therapeutics Inc. is targeting the end of 2020 for an IND submission related to prospective cancer immunotherapy NL-201, described as an engineered, hyperstable agonist of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-15. It’s meant to eliminate alpha receptor binding and thereby overcome the problems with native IL-2.
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