Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer, with a 5-year survival rate of 18%. Glypican-3 (GPC3) is a protein with high expression in HCC but not in healthy tissue, making it an interesting target for therapy.
Researchers from Bright Biologics LLC presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel bispecific anti-Her2/anti-Trop2 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), BB-201.
Researchers from Naya Biosciences Inc. and collaborators presented preclinical data on NY-303, a natural killer (NK) cell engager bispecific antibody targeting both GPC3 and NKp46. NKp46 is a cell surface receptor involved in NK cell activation and the elimination of target cancer cells.
The transcription factor IKZF2 is a marker of highly suppressive regulatory T cells (Tregs). When IKZF2 is degraded, Tregs become effector-like T cells leading to increased antitumor immune response in the tumor microenvironment.
Researchers from Elpiscience Biopharmaceuticals Inc. discussed the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel NKG2A antibody-IL-2 mutant fusion protein – ES-015.129 – being developed as cancer immunotherapy.
MDX-2001 (Modex Therapeutics Inc.) was engineered as a potentially first-in-class tetraspecific lymphocyte activator and survival enhancement receptor (LASER) recognizing CD3 and CD28 on human T cells and c-MET and TROP2 on tumor cells.
At the recent SITC meeting in Houston, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. reported preclinical data for the fusion protein TEV-56278, which is in phase I development.
Cstone Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. presented preclinical data of CS-2009, a trispecific antibody targeting PD-1, CTLA-4 and VEGF-A, for cancer immunotherapy.
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