Aptevo Therapeutics Inc
Aptevo Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage research and development biotechnology company, focuses on developing immunotherapeutic candidates for the treatment of various forms of cancer in the United States. The company develops its products using ADAPTIR and ADAPTIR-FLEX platforms to generate monospecific, bispecific, and multi-specific antibody candidates capable of enhancing the human immune system against cancer cells. Its lead clinical blood cancer candidate is mipletamig that is in Phase 1b/2 clinical trial for the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia. The company also develops ALG.APV-527, a novel investigational bispecific ADAPTIR candidate that is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck, colorectal, pancreatic, breast, and other solid tumors; APVO603, a preclinical dual agonist bispecific ADAPTIR candidate to treat multiple solid tumors; APVO442, a preclinical bispecific candidate based on the ADAPTIR-FLEX platform technology for the treatment of multiple solid tumors; and APVO711, a preclinical dual mechanism bispecific ADAPTIR candidate to treat prostate cancer. It has a collaboration and option agreement with Alligator Bioscience AB to develop ALG.APV-527. Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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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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