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AbbVie–Harpoon Therapeutics: cancer immunotherapy, 201710– collab research €na using TriTAC platform to discover drugs against AbbVie I-O targets
Period | 2017-10-18 | |
Partner, 1st | AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) | |
Group | AbbVie (Group) | |
Partner, 2nd | Harpoon Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: HARP) | |
Group | Merck (US) (MSD) (Group) | |
Product | TriTAC™ imunno-oncology platform (tri-specific T-cell activating construct immuno-oncology platform) | |
Product 2 | cancer immunotherapy_o | |
Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc.. (10/18/17). "Press Release: AbbVie and Harpoon Therapeutics Announce Immuno-Oncology Research Collaboration". North Chicago, IL & South San Francisco, CA.
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, and Harpoon Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing novel T-cell recruiting biologic therapies, announced today that they have entered an immuno-oncology research collaboration. The goal of the collaboration is to incorporate Harpoon’s tri-specific T-cell activating construct (TriTAC™) platform with AbbVie’s research-stage immuno-oncology targets to develop novel cancer therapeutics.
Under the terms of the agreement, Harpoon will engineer TriTAC molecules directed against selected cancer targets using its proprietary platform, evaluate the molecules for pharmacologic properties, and provide AbbVie the right to pursue further development and commercialization of these molecules. Financial terms were not disclosed.
“This collaboration is the first for Harpoon and highlights the high level of industry interest in best-in-class platform technologies. We are excited about partnering with AbbVie to help generate novel T-cell engagers for the treatment of cancer based on the combination of T-cell receptors with TriTACs,” said Jerry McMahon, Ph.D., chief executive officer, Harpoon Therapeutics.
“T-cell therapies represent the next wave of innovation in cancer treatment,” said Tom Hudson, M.D., vice president, oncology early discovery and development, AbbVie. “Harpoon’s technology offers the potential for a unique approach to engage the immune system through AbbVie’s investigational therapies in development.”
About Harpoon Therapeutics
Harpoon Therapeutics is an immuno-oncology company founded by Patrick Baeuerle, Ph.D., a pioneer in the development of T-cell engaging therapies, and MPM Capital. The company is focused on the discovery and development of novel T-cell engaging biologics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Harpoon Therapeutics created a novel T-cell recruiting drug discovery platform called TriTAC™ (tri-specific T-cell activating construct) to unleash the targeted cell-killing properties of a patient’s own immune system through T-cell activation. This approach is being optimized to penetrate tissues and extend serum exposure, and has the potential to address a broad range of cancers, including solid tumors, and immunologic diseases. HPN424, a prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeting TriTAC™ biologic, is in development for the treatment of prostate cancer and is expected to enter a clinical trial in 2018. For more information, please visit www.harpoontx.com.
About AbbVie
AbbVie is a global, research-driven biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative advanced therapies for some of the world’s most complex and critical conditions. Thecompany’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to markedly improve treatments across four primary therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, virology and neuroscience. In more than 75 countries, AbbVie employees are working every day to advance health solutions for people around the world. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
AbbVie Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release may be forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project" and similar expressions, among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. AbbVie cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, challenges to intellectual property, competition from other products, difficulties inherent in the research and development process, adverse litigation or government action, and changes to laws and regulations applicable to our industry.
Additional information about the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that may affect AbbVie's operations is set forth in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in AbbVie's 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AbbVie undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward- looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
Contact:
AbbVie Media:
Adelle Infante
adelle.infante@abbvie.com
(847) 938-8745
AbbVie Investors:
Liz Shea
liz.shea@abbvie.com
(847) 935-2211
Harpoon Therapeutics:
Susan Kinkead
Kinkead Communications, Inc.
susan@kinkeadcomm.com
415-509-3610
Record changed: 2022-11-19 |
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