CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. operates as an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing novel conditionally activated biologics localized to the tumor microenvironment. The company utilizes conditional activation platform technology for oncology biologics research and development comprising the validation of targets for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), opening therapeutic window for novel T-cell engagers (TCEs) targeting solid tumors, and increasing the therapeutic index for immune modulators, such as cytokines; and PROBODY platform in preclinical research in areas outside of oncology. It also develops CX-904, a T-cell-engaging bispecific antibody targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on tumor cells and the CD3 receptor on T cells; CX-2051, a conditionally activated ADC for optimizing the therapeutic index for EpCAM-expressing epithelial cancers, including colorectal cancer; and CX-801, an interferon alpha-2b PROBODY cytokine. In addition, the company's development pipeline comprises CX-2029, a conditional activated ADC targeting CD71; and BMS-986288, a PROBODY version of non-fucosylated ipilimumab. It has strategic collaborations with Amgen, Astellas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Regeneron, and Moderna; and clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck for the evaluation of CX-801 in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab). The company was founded in 2008 and is based in South San Francisco, California.
Open CTMX dashboard ↗Cue Biopharma, Inc.
Cue Biopharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops a novel class of injectable therapeutics to selectively engage and modulate targeted, disease relevant T cells in the United States. Its lead drug product candidate is the CUE-401, a novel approach to induce and expand antigen specific Tregs for regulating disease causing autoreactive Teff cells which is in preclinical trial; and CUE-501, a treatment of autoimmune disease via anti-viral T cell-mediated depletion of B cells. The company also develops CUE-101, which is in phase 1b clinical trial to treat HPV+ recurrent metastatic, or head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in second line, and beyond patients as a monotherapy, as well as in phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma as a first line, therapy in combination with standard of care KEYTRUDA; and CUE-102, which is in phase 1b clinical trial as a monotherapy in late line recurrent metastatic WT1+ colorectal, gastric, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer. It has collaboration agreements with LG Chem, Ltd. for the development of CUE-101 and CUE-102 Immuno-STATs; collaboration and option agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd to development and commercialization rights for CUE-401; and license agreement with Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The company was formerly known as Imagen Biopharma, Inc. and changed its name to Cue Biopharma, Inc. in October 2016. Cue Biopharma, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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