On April 8, 2024 Hinge Bio, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, reported that Daniel Capon, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, and Juha Punnonen, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Development Officer, are presenting data from the company’s GEM-DIMER program targeting B cell depletion at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego (Press release, Hinge Bio, APR 8, 2024, View Source [SID1234641903]).
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"Hinge Bio is addressing areas of significant unmet medical need with its revolutionary GEM-DIMER platform, which uses topological engineering to combine the most desirable properties of multiple clinically relevant antibodies into a single molecule with dramatically improved activity, while retaining the robust stability and manufacturability of conventional antibodies," said Dr. Capon. Dr. Punnonen added, "This encouraging preclinical data supports advancing its GEM-DIMER candidate targeting CD19, CD20, and Fc gamma receptors as quickly as possible to clinical investigation in order to treat the large number of patients with B cell mediated diseases who remain resistant to currently approved treatments."
Oral Poster details are as follows:
Beyond antibodies and CAR-T: Topologically-engineered, super-dimeric antibody-like molecules with dual Fc domains for trispecific, bivalent targeting of CD19, CD20, and Fc gamma receptors
Abstract #2730, Session PO.IM01.06 – Single Target and Bispecific Antibodies
Session Date/Time: April 8, 2024, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM, Section 6
Presenting Authors: Daniel Capon, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer;
Juha Punnonen, MD, PhD, Chief Development Officer
Summary: Hinge Bio’s CD19/CD20-targeting GEM-DIMER molecules are promising candidates to provide efficient depletion of both CD19+ and CD20+ cells, providing potential for broad and deep depletion of B cells with reduced risk of emergence of antigen escape variants. These data support the advancement of these CD19/CD20-targeting GEM-DIMER molecules in multiple indications where depletion of CD19+ and/or CD20+ B cells is needed. Preparations for clinical investigation are ongoing.