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Adaptimmune is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on novel cancer immunotherapy products based on its T-cell receptor platform. Established in 2008, the Company aims to utilize the body`s own machinery – the T-cell – to target and destroy cancer cells by using engineered, increased affinity T-cell receptors (TCRs) as a means of strengthening natural patient T-cell responses. Adaptimmune`s lead program is an affinity enhanced TCR therapeutic targeting the NY-ESO cancer antigen. Its NY-ESO TCR therapeutic candidate has demonstrated signs of efficacy and tolerability in Phase 1/2 trials in solid tumors and in hematologic cancer types. In June 2014, Adaptimmune announced that it had entered into a strategic collaboration and licensing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the development and commercialization of the NY-ESO TCR program in partnership with GSK. In addition, Adaptimmune has a number of proprietary programs and its next TCR therapeutic candidate, directed at MAGE A-10, is scheduled to enter the clinic in 2015. The Company has identified over 30 intracellular target peptides preferentially expressed in cancer cells and is currently progressing eight of these through unpartnered research programs. Adaptimmune has over 150 employees and is located in Oxfordshire, UK and Philadelphia, USA.
Raptor is a NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical company with the mission to develop and commercialize life-altering therapeutics that treat debilitating and often fatal diseases. Raptor`s lead product, PROCYSBI (cysteamine bitartrate) delayed-release capsules, received FDA approval on April 30, 2013. The Company anticipates receiving a determination from the EMA regarding its PROCYSBI marketing application in the European Union in the second half of 2013. Raptor’s product pipeline may advance therapeutic options for additional indications. Raptor`s management team consists of repeat entrepreneurs with the experience to build a successful company.
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