Elevation Oncology Inc. has nominated EO-1022 as its HER3 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) development candidate for the treatment of solid tumors that express HER3.
To address the existing challenges with CAR T-cell therapy, scientists at Umoja Biopharma Inc. developed the Vivovec platform, which is an off-the-shelf surface-engineered lentiviral vector (LVV) drug product designed to generate CAR T cells in vivo without lymphodepletion by selectively binding, activating and transducing T cells.
Previous research suggested that gram-negative bacteria may hold potential for cancer immunotherapy because they contain agonists for multiple immune receptors.
Cancervax Inc. has selected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) as one of its first targets for preclinical development using its novel universal cancer treatment (UCT) platform.
Polypid Ltd. has entered into a new research and development collaboration with Immunogenesis Inc. for the development of novel formulations utilizing Polypid’s proprietary PLEX (Polymer-Lipid Encapsulation matriX) technology and Immunogenesis’ potent STING agonist drug candidate to potentially enhance treatment for solid tumors.
In a presentation at the recent American Society of Hematology meeting in San Diego, Kite Pharma Inc. reported preclinical data for KITE-753, an autologous rapid manufactured anti-CD19/CD20 CAR T-cell therapy being developed for the treatment of B-cell malignancies.
Nextcure Inc. has reported IND clearance from the FDA enabling initiation of a phase I trial of LNCB-74, a B7-H4-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) being developed for various cancers.
With the aim of developing an effective and more tolerable conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), researchers from Molecular Partners AG applied the proprietary ankyrin repeat protein (DARPin) platform to generate a novel multi-specific Switch-DARPin candidate, MP-0621.