CRISPR Therapeutics AG
CRISPR Therapeutics AG, a gene editing company, focuses on developing gene-based medicines for serious human diseases using its Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) platform. The company's CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary technology for gene editing which is the process of precisely altering specific sequences of genomic DNA. It has a portfolio of therapeutic programs across a range of disease areas, including hemoglobinopathies, CAR T cell therapies, in vivo, and type 1 diabetes, as well as develops investigational CAR T programs, including an autologous, gene-edited CAR T program targeting glypican-3 (GPC3) for the potential treatment of solid tumors. The company's lead product candidate is CASGEVY, an ex vivo CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited cell therapy for treating patients suffering from transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, severe sickle cell disease (SCD), and hemoglobinopathies in which a patient's hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells are edited to produce high levels of fetal hemoglobin in red blood cells. It also develops CAR T cell therapies, including CTX112 targeting cluster of differentiation 19 (CD19) and CTX131 targeting CD70 for oncology and autoimmune indications; CTX310 and CTX320, in vivo gene editing to address the cardiovascular disease by disrupting the validated targets angiopoietin-like protein 3 and lipoprotein; and CTX211, an allogeneic, gene-edited, hypoimmune stem cell-derived product candidate for the treatment of T1D. It has strategic partnerships with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Nkarta, Inc., and Capsida Biotherapeutics. CRISPR Therapeutics AG was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
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Xencor, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of engineered monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of asthma and allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. The company provides Ultomiris to treat patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, generalized myasthenia gravis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disororder; and Monjuvi for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; and Sotrovimab that targets the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It develops XmAb819, a bispecific antibody to treat renal cell carcinoma; XmAb541, which is in Phase I for the treatment of ovarian cancer; XmAb808, a bispecific antibody that binds to the broadly expressed tumor antigen; Vudalimab, which is in Phase II clinical trial to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; XmAb564, to treat autoimmune diseases; XmAb662, which is in Phase I clinical trial to treat patients with solid tumors; XmAb942, which is in Phase I clinical trial for patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; and Plamotamab, a bispecific antibody, which is in Phase I clinical trial to treat lymphoma. Further, the company develops Xaluritamig, a bispecific T-cell engager that treats prostate cancer; Obexelimab, to treat patients with immunoglobulin G4-related disease; Teropavimab and zinlirvimab to treat human immunodeficiency virus; Tobevibart, a treatment for hepatitis Delta virus infection; Novartis, an antibody drug candidate that uses XmAb Fc technologies; Xpro1595 to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease and treatment-resistant depression; Zaltenibart to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and other alternative pathway disorders; ASP2138 to treat gastric, gastroesophageal junction, and pancreatic cancers; JNJ-9401 to treat prostate cancer; and JNJ-1493 to treat B-cell malignancies. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
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