Purple Biotech achieves manufacturing milestone for IM1240

Purple Biotech (PPBT) announced the achievement of a manufacturing milestone for IM1240, a tri-specific antibody from the CAPTN-3 platform, which targets the tumor-associated antigen 5T4, the activating receptor CD3 on T cells and the inhibitory receptor NKG2A on NK and CD8 T cells. “Establishing a process capable of producing tri-specific antibodies marks a major step in our development program,” said Gil Efron, CEO of Purple Biotech. “We have developed a high-efficiency manufacturing and purification process that is designed to deliver a differentiated T cell engager with a capped, cleavable polypeptide designed to help prevent off-tumor immune activation. This milestone positions our CAPTN-3 platform as an attractive potential solution for developing complex tri-specific antibodies with both competitive yield and purity.”