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Freeline is a clinical-stage, fully integrated, next generation, systemic AAV-based gene therapy company with the ambition of transforming the lives of patients suffering from inherited systemic debilitating diseases. We are headquartered in the UK and we also have operations in Germany and the US. Freeline was founded in 2015 and builds upon the pioneering work by our Clinical and Scientific Advisor and Director, Professor Amit Nathwani, Professor of Haematology at UCL. With our liver-based investigational gene therapy technology, we aim to improve the lives of people with chronic systemic diseases and realise the potential of gene therapy treatments.
Biovista is a Charlottesville, VA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Seisa Medical is a El Paso, TX-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Genesis Therapeutics is an innovative biotechnology company engaging its proprietary molecular AI technology to transform clinical outcomes for patients. The company was founded in 2019 out of Stanford University by Evan Feinberg Ph.D., co-founded by Ben Sklaroff, and backed by Vijay Pande, Ph.D.
At LAVA, we are focused on applying our expertise in gamma-delta T-cell engagers (TCEs) to transform cancer therapy. We refer to our compounds as gamma-delta bispecific T-cell engagers, or gamma-delta bsTCEs. Our platform generates therapeutics that specifically activate a unique and relatively abundant effector gamma-delta T-cell subset called Vγ9Vδ2 (Vgamma9-Vdelta2) T-cells that have the ability to trigger activity of immune cells of both the innate and adaptive immune system. Our gamma-delta bsTCEs have demonstrated superior efficacy and safety profiles compared to other bsTCE approaches in preclinical studies and show preferential activity against tumor cells thereby potentially limiting toxicity in healthy tissue. To date, we are the only company developing bispecific gamma-delta T-cell engaging antibodies for the treatment of cancer. We are building a pipeline of gamma-delta bsTCEs that have applications in both solid and hematologic malignancies. Our lead program, LAVA-051, targets the tumor specific antigen CD1d, which can be overexpressed in multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), among other tumor types. LAVA-051 will enter a Phase I/IIa study in 1Q21.