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Avalon GloboCare Announces Filing of Provisional Patent Applications for AVA-101, a Novel Transposon-Based, Multi-Targeted CAR-T Therapy
Globe Newswire 26-Feb-2019 8:01 AM
AVA-101 designed to enhance efficacy and overcome safety challenges of current CAR-T immune-oncology therapeutics
AVA-101 represents a first-in-class transposon-based Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) system targeting both CD19 and CD22 on tumor cells, enabling a flexible, combinational and cost-effective cancer immunotherapy
FREEHOLD, N.J., Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avalon GloboCare Corp. (NASDAQ:AVCO) (NASDAQ listed Avalon GloboCare AVCO), a leading global developer of innovative and transformative cell-based technologies and therapeutics, announced today that the Company and Arbele Limited (joint venture partner) have jointly filed provisional patent applications covering method and composition of matter claims for AVA-101, a novel multi-targeted, transposon-based Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cellular immunotherapy. These unique CAR vector constructs are non-virally engineered, possessing multiple therapeutic targets as well as unique "safety-switch" control mechanisms, designed to provide more effective therapy and overcome toxicities of current CAR-T therapy.
This set of patent applications primarily involves an innovative, versatile and inducible transposon-based vector system composed of humanized CD19 and CD22 dual and bispecific CARs with a safety switch targeted by Rituximab. Furthermore, the system enables a combination therapy with anti-immune check point inhibitors as well as other factors to support effector CAR-T cell survival for more efficacious, durable and safer cellular immunotherapy for treating patients with progressive hematologic malignancies.
"We are very excited to achieve this milestone after establishing our joint venture with Arbele Limited on January 3, 2019," stated David Jin, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and President of Avalon GloboCare Corp. "This patent application, together with Avalon's extensive hospital network for cellular therapy and our established GMP bio-production facility in China, should allow Avalon to accelerate the clinical development of better and safer CAR-T therapies and, as a result, further establish our leadership in the field of immuno-oncology and cell-based therapeutics," added Dr. Jin.
About Avalon GloboCare Corp.
Avalon GloboCare Corp. (NASDAQ:AVCO) is a global intelligent biotech developer and healthcare service provider dedicated to advancing cell-based technologies and therapeutics, with a focus on developing and empowering innovative and transformative cell-based technologies and their clinical applications. In addition, Avalon provides strategic advisory and outsourcing services to facilitate and enhance its clients' growth, development, as well as competitiveness in both the domestic and global healthcare markets. Through its subsidiaries, namely GenExosome Technologies Inc. and Avactis Biosciences Inc., Avalon is establishing a leading role in the fields of exosome-based diagnostics, cellular immunotherapy (including CAR-T/CAR-NK), and regenerative medicine.
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