Immunomic Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for ITI-3000, a pDNA Vaccine, in Development for the Treatment of Merkel Cell Carcinoma November 08, 2022 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time ROCKVILLE, [….]
Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc., (“ITI”), a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the study of LAMP-mediated nucleic acid-based immunotherapy announced today that the company will be presenting two posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2022 being held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from April 8-13. The posters to be presented at AACR are developed from the investigational nucleic acid platform, UNITE™ (UNiversal Intracellular Targeted Expression) for two vaccines, ITI-3000 for Merkel cell carcinoma and Her2/Neu-LAMP DNA vaccine, both which fuse a tumor associated antigen with lysosomal associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP-1). This proprietary lysosomal targeting technology results in enhanced antigen presentation and a balanced T cell response.
Partnership Leverages Lineage’s Investigational VAC Allogeneic Cancer Vaccine Platform and Immunomic’s Proprietary Tumor Associated Antigen to Generate a Novel Oncology Product Candidate
Leaving the comforts of a big company with a calcified infrastructure, laser-focused job roles, well-established SOPs, deeper pockets, and excellent job security for the scramble and chaos of a younger company isn’t for everyone.
2020 was an interesting year for the biotech industry and the BioHealth Capital Region as we adjusted to continue moving forward during the COVID-19 Pandemic. While the biggest stories in terms of dollars were related to the Coronavirus and funding to create a vaccine in record time, that didn’t stop other biotech companies from working hard to develop their research, science, and/or devices.
2020 found the United States embroiled in a chaotic political environment, reckoning with social unrest and racial injustice, and voting in one of the most consequential presidential elections in the country’s history.
This has certainly been a year unlike any other for BioHealth Capital Region (BHCR) life science companies of all sizes and kinds. Just a few months into 2020, the coronavirus pandemic swept the region, seriously disrupting, albeit temporarily, the best laid plans of aspiring founders, entrepreneurs, emerging startups, pre-clinical and more established, larger biohealth organizations in Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland.
The state of Maryland is the global epicenter of vaccine research and development. This has never been more evident than right now as scores of Maryland companies have risen to the global challenge of developing the first approved vaccine for SARS-CoV-2.
2020 Life Science Venture Capital Funding Roundup for Q1/Q2 in the BioHealth Capital Region BioHealth Companies raised more than $178M in the first half of 2020 June 9, 2020 This [….]
COVID-19 Vaccine Progress from 14 BioHealth Capital Region Companies