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New LAG-3 Agonist Antibody Product Candidate Announced

Jan 19 2017

Prima BioMed Ltd announces that it has developed a new early stage product candidate, a humanised IgG4 monoclonal antibody to be known as IMP761. This antibody, developed at the Company’s laboratory in Châtenay-Malabry, south of Paris, is believed to be the first agonist antibody of LAG-3.

The IMP761 agonist antibody is an exciting new addition to the Prima pipeline of product candidates. It is mechanistically distinct from any of the known LAG-3 antibodies. Prima continues to lead the way in researching and developing novel LAG-3 targeting technologies.

Dr Frédéric Triebel said: “Even though IMP761 is an early stage product, we are very excited to have developed what we believe is the first ever agonist of LAG-3. Until now, therapeutic antibodies with agonistic properties have not been described for any of the three major immune checkpoints, CTLA-4, PD-1 or LAG-3. IMP761 promises the first opportunity for fine tuning of the immune response to an immune checkpoint target. This singular biological activity of IMP761 could benefit sufferers of certain autoimmune diseases by temporarily switching off activated LAG-3+ T cells that are damaging tissue or creating inflammatory responses.”

Prima CEO, Mr Marc Voigt commented: “Our ongoing research efforts in the Paris laboratory are further consolidating our leading position in the development of LAG-3 product candidates. With development of IMP761, Prima is harnessing even more of the therapeutic potential of the LAG-3 target. Our antagonist and agonist antibodies can respectively increase immune responses (for cancer indications) or decrease such responses (for auto-immune diseases), suggesting exciting options for novel immunotherapies. As IMP761 is early stage, in 2017 we will focus on pre-clinical development, including in vivo efficacy model studies, to better understand its potential applications.”


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