Kymeris Therapeutics Inc. Canada

Kymeris Therapeutics (Canada) has exlusive license to a ground-breaking cell-based immunotherapeutic product for clinical development in cancer. This multivalent anti-cancer platform integrates multiple mechanisms in one modifiable platform. The product is tumor-homing, disables the local tumor defenses and expresses encoded biodrugs in the cancer - but not systemically.

*  We are seeking partners with small molecule or antibody (or any encodable peptide or protein) that would have an enabling platform compared to intravenous or intratumoral formulations.

*  We are also seeking strategic investors in the platform that has extremely high potential in future products, adaptable against almost any solid cancer.

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The platform can enable, or enhance, additional small molecule, antibody, peptide or cytokine agents.  It is a preclinical late-stage firm that has discovered and developed a First-in-Class immunotherapeutic platform based on non-pathogenic eukaryotes (nucleated cells, non-viral, non-bacterial). Our platform is original with the first scientific paper just published in November 2020 by the Journal of Immunotherapy of Cancer (BMJ), and our first scientific presentation at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the SITC where we presented recent report on a derivative that secreted human IL-15 within tumor, but devoid of serum detection of the cytokine.

The platform would be a paradigm shift from "reductive" (targeted, mono-mechanism) approaches, and can be encoded with additional molecular therapies to more comprehensively face the complex of solid cancer defenses. Encoding any biological agent (small molecule, antibody, antigen, cytokine...), could enable that agent for a wider scope of applications,  enhanced effect and much safer profile.  In addition, the platform shows abscopal effect, an ability to reach tumors after administration from a distance (subcutaneous or mucosal).

The platform has shown the following characteristics:

1. Tumor-tropism / Cancer-agnostic. Homing to tumor occurred in the absence of a cancer antigen marker (TAA or TSA), and may even work in tumors that are not easily "targetable", such as "cold", lacking cancer markers, heterogeneic or mutating tumors. One oncologist remarked, "This turns "cold" tumors "hot" ".The agents have had effect at distance from tumor site when administered subcutaneously or mucosally. 

 2. Tumor-infiltration + TME counteraction. The agents bear a specialized "universal key" to gain entry into mammalian cell in an active process; no specific  receptor needed. In addition, the agents are able to reprogram tolerogenic cells into a state of immune competence i.e. to overcome cancer-induced immune suppression within the tumor.

3. Intra-cancer delivery of any payload/s. Obligate intracellular microbes, the agents infect cancer cells and replicate, expressing encoded biodrugs. The replication continues as long as there is cancer tissue to infect and/or the TME has not been disabled.  Any agents outside of the TME were naturally cleared in under 10 days.

Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2016
Please specify your partnering goal
1. Out-licensing/codevelopment to partner, by indication, for China market, 2) Strategic investor
Funding Status
firm is privately held & controlled 99% by founders : approx 7.5 million in $ US equivalent value has been spent
Now raising (In USD)
between $ 5 million - $25 million
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
Interested in understanding partnership opportunities for the China market with compatible biotech/pharma companies. Also interested in participation of Chinese VC in our ongoing overall funding needs.
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Investment Focus
Seeking funding to move from pre clinical stage to Phase 1/2 clinical trial
Richard McCrae
President & CEO 
Functionality

Libera Bio

Libera Bio develops a new family of cancer treatments based on its patented actively targeted delivery technology to intracellular targets (MPN – Multifunctional Polymeric Nanocapsules) and on novel monoclonal antibodies (e.g. anti KRAS), with the goal to have them commercialized by large biopharma companies after regulatory approval for clinical trials or early proof-of-concept in humans.

Libera Bio lead candidate aims at providing a new treatment for those highly prevalent and aggressive cancers which are driven by KRAS mutations, such as pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer.
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2018
Funding Status
Looking for USD 8 million (Series A) to IND approval (US) and IMPD (Europe) to start clinical trials.
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
Finding partners and investors
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Slides Deck
(pdf, 1.09MB)
Olivier Jarry
CEO 
Functionality

Luye Pharma China

Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
1994
Stock Market and Ticker/Symbol/Number
02186.HK
Looking for
Please specify your partnering goal
in license oncology assects, particular late stage ones
Headquartner in China
Dr Fang Zhang
Senior Business Development Manager 

maintect GmbH Germany

maintect GmbH was founded 2018 in collaboration with Mainz University Medical Center Germany by ophthalmological scientists.
maintect is developing an innovative antibody treatment for a new target instead of the well-known VEGF in wAMD (wet age-related-macular-degeneration, one of the most frequent causes of blindness). This new antibody will help the patients who don’t benefit from anti-VEGF treatment and all others. maintect applied already for patent in several countries. Combination with anti-VEGF is also an option. In parallel, the company is developing a companion diagnostic kit using lateral flow assays for anti-VEGF treatment in wAMD. This test will determine which patients will benefit most from the new treatment and will facilitate the market entrance. Furthermore, the company is interested in contract research and collaborations in building diagnostic kits.
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2018
Please specify your partnering goal
We are looking for maintect for the next round of funding or partnering to bring the diagnostic kit to market withint the next 2 years and the therapeutic antibody in first in human clinical trial
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
We are looking for a partner to bring the products then into the chinese market and are interested to setup a company in China for production
Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz Grus
CEO 
Functionality

Mission Bio United States

Mission Bio unlocks the ground truth of cancer through response, relapse, and remission with its Tapestri Platform, powered by single-cell multi-omics. As the first and only to analyze genotype and phenotype simultaneously in single cells, the Tapestri Platform can help unravel the inherent complexity of cancer. The technology discerns key biomarkers to stratify patients more precisely, signal treatment resistance as it begins, and predict relapse for better patient outcomes. Application areas include blood cancers, solid tumors, and genome editing validation.

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) have leveraged the Tapestri Platform to support their research for characterizing clonal dynamics in a variety of cancers, identifying minimal residual disease (MRD), and monitoring treatment response and therapy resistance. The company’s award-winning technology is also leveraged by LabCorp and Agios to enable more efficient clinical trials.
Year of foundation
2014
Please specify your partnering goal
We are hoping to identify key commercial opportunities in academic, government, and industry centers. We have local representatives that assist with relationship management, procurement, services, etc.
Headquartner in China
Assets Information 1: Name|Description|Indications|Stage|IP countries
Tapestri Platform|The Tapestri Platform is the only system capable of simultaneously providing both genotype and phenotype data from the same cell, across thousands of single cells. With DNA as a foundation, our proprietary two-step microfluidic workflow enables the simultaneous detection of analytes, including SNVs, CNVs, and proteins. Meet the complexity of cancer with true multi-omics analysis.|||
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Zachary Fernandes
Associate Director, Global Channel Development 
Functionality

Ping Rawson United States

Dyadic International, Inc. is a global biotechnology company focused on improving and applying its proprietary C1 gene expression platform, based on a patented and proprietary genetically modified strain of the fungus Thermothelomyces heterothallica (formerly Myceliophthora thermophila), to address opportunities in the human and animal health markets. C1 is a potentially game-changing biopharmaceutical gene expression platform that may help bring biologic vaccines, drugs and other biologic products to market faster and more efficiently than existing expression platforms, such as Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, E. coli, yeast and baculovirus in greater volumes, at lower cost and with new properties that can improve access and cost to patients and the healthcare system.

Year of foundation
1979
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
Looking for business partners and collaborations in China.
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Ping Rawson CFO 
Functionality

Shanghai Pharma Holding China

China top 3 pharma company in both commercialization and manufacturing sales. Dual listed on HK and Shanghai stock exchange market .
Website:
www.sphchina.com
Looking for
Headquartner in China
Service Description
治疗产品 Therapeutic products
Dawei Jiang
Sr. BD Manager 

Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd China

Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical is a subsidiary of Kelun Pharmaceutical Group established in 2016

Looking for antibody and samall molecular out-license and in-license

Headquartner in China
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Chunlin Li
BD btlichl@kelun.com 

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group China

We are rapidly transitioning to an innovation and R&D driven Pharmaceutical company, leveraging our leading manufacturing and commercial capabilities to achieve our mission of “providing today' s patients with medicines of the future“ We have been continuously recognized as one of the “Top 10 Innovative Pharmaceutical Enterprises in China” 1 and “Top 100 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Enterprises of China”

Wayne Yin
BD Director 
Functionality

Wanbang Biopharmaceuticals (Group) Co., Ltd China

Wanbang Biopharmaceuticals (Wanbang Biopharma) is a core member of Shanghai Fosun PHARMACEUNCAL (group) Co., Ltd.(Fosun Pharma”, Stock code: 600196-SH,02196-HK).
Dr Di Simon
高级BD经理