Assembly Biosciences, Inc
Assembly Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapeutic candidates for the treatment of viral diseases worldwide. Its pipeline includes long-acting helicase-primase inhibitors candidates, including ABI-5336 and ABI-1179, which are in Phase 1a/1b clinical studies for recurrent genital herpes; ABI-4334, a capsid assembly modulator designed to disrupt the replication cycle of hepatitis B virus that is in Phase 1b clinical study; and ABI-6250, an orally bioavailable hepatitis delta virus entry inhibitor that is in Phase 1a clinical study. The company also develops ABI-7423, an oral broad-spectrum non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor that targets transplant-related herpesviruses. It has an option, license, and collaboration agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. for the research and development of virology therapies. The company was formerly known as Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. and changed its name to Assembly Biosciences, Inc. in June 2014. Assembly Biosciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
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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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