Akari Therapeutics plc ADR (0.01 USD)
Akari Therapeutics, Plc, an oncology company, develops next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) for cancer-killing toxins. Its lead payload is PH1 to disrupt the function of spliceosomes and to trigger an immune response that leads to additional cancer cell killing. The company's lead product candidate is AKTX-101, a preclinical stage trop2-targeting ADC that combines PH1 with the trop2 antibody to treat solid tumor cancer types, including lung, breast, colon, and prostate. Its payloads include PH5, which inhibits DNA mismatch repair (MMR) and DNA damage response (DDR) to generate neoepitopes, and PH6, which inhibits DNA transcription in cancer cells and co-opted immune cells. The company also develops AKTX-102, a novel bispecific ADC that utilizes PH1 as its payload to treat various solid tumor cancers. Akari Therapeutics, Plc is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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MiNK Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and commercialization of allogeneic, off-the-shelf, and invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell therapies to treat cancer and other immune-mediated diseases. The company develops agenT-797, an off-the-shelf, allogeneic, and native iNKT cell therapy that is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the clinical safety and efficacy of the combination of agenT-797, botensilimab plus balstilimab with ramucirumab and paclitaxel for patients with previously treated, advanced esophageal, gastric, or gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma; Phase 1 trial as a monotherapy in combination with anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors, pembrolizumab, and nivolumab for refractory solid tumor cancers; and Phase 1 trial for the treatment of moderate to severe viral acute respiratory distress syndrome. It is also developing MiNK-215, an IL-15 armored tumor stromal targeting the FAP-CAR-iNKT program to treat solid tumors and inflammation; and MiNK-413, an IL-15 armored CAR-iNKT program targeting B cell maturation antigen for auto-immune diseases. The company has collaborations with Autonomous Therapeutics to target and treat metastatic tumors; and ImmunoScape, Inc. to discover and develop T-cell receptor therapies against targets in solid tumors. The company was formerly known as AgenTus Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. in June 2021. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York. MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Agenus Inc.
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