MacroGenics, Inc.
MacroGenics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes antibody-based therapeutics to treat cancer in the United States. The company's product pipeline includes lorigerlimab, a bispecific DART molecule that targets checkpoint inhibitors PD-1 and CTLA-4 for the treatment of mCRPC and docetaxel that is in phase 2 clinical trials, as well as for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and clear cell gynecologic cancer which has completed phase 1 clinical trial; MGC026, an ADC that targets B7-H3 and delivers a novel topoisomerase I inhibitor (TOP1i)-based linker-payload; MGC028, an antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) that targets ADAM9 and delivers a novel TOP1i-based linker-payload for the treatment of solid tumors, which is in phase 1 clinical trials; MGC030, a ADC molecule for the treatment of solid tumors, which is in preclinical trials. It is also developing next generation T-cell engager programs. The company has collaborations with TerSera Therapeutics LLC; Incyte Corporation; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. MacroGenics, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.
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Verastem, Inc., a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing drugs for the treatment of cancer in the United States. Its product candidates are Avutometinib, an orally available small molecule RAF/MEK clamp that inhibits the ras sarcoma RAF/MEK, ERK mitogen activated pathway kinase pathway which is involved in cell proliferation, migration, transformation, and survival of tumor cells; and Defactinib, an oral small molecule inhibitor of FAK and proline-rich tyrosine kinase for various solid tumors. The company is involved in clinical studies, including RAMP 301, a randomized global confirmatory trial to evaluate the combination of Avutometinib and Defactinib for the treatment of patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer; RAMP 201, an adaptive two-part multicenter, parallel cohort, randomized open label trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Avutometinib and in combination with Defactinib; and FRAME, an investigation of Avutometinib and Defactinib in patients with KRAS mutant cancers and subsequent analyses; and RAMP 204 and 205. It has license agreements with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for the development, commercialization, and manufacture of products containing Avutometinib; and Pfizer Inc. to research, develop, manufacture, and commercialize products containing Pfizer's inhibitors of FAK for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prophylactic uses in humans. In addition, it has a clinical collaboration agreement with Amgen, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Avutometinib with Amgen's KRAS-G12C inhibitor LUMAKRAS which in Phase 1/2 trial entitled RAMP 203; and a discovery and development collaboration with GenFleet Therapeutics to advance new programs targeting RAS pathway-driven cancers. Verastem, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.
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