Janux Therapeutics Announces $56 Million Series A to Advance Novel Cancer Drug Candidates Using T Cell Engager (TRACTr) Technology
Janux Therapeutics Announces $56 Million Series A to Advance Novel Cancer Drug Candidates Using T Cell Engager (TRACTr) Technology
03/03/21, 1:09 PM
Location
san diegoMoney raised
$56 million
Round Type
series a
Janux Therapeutics today announced the close of a $56 million Series A financing led by Avalon Ventures and joined by new investors, OrbiMed and RA Capital Management, as well as existing investors, Bregua and Correlation Ventures. In conjunction with the financing, Peter Thompson, M.D., partner at OrbiMed, and Jake Simson, Ph.D., partner at RA Capital Management, will join the Board of Directors. Janux’s proprietary Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr) technology is designed to overcome specific limitations of current T cell immuno-oncology therapies. The financing will be used to advance Janux’s preclinical pipeline, including a TROP2-TRACTr and PSMA-TRACTr, with expected advancement of the Company’s first candidate into the clinic in the first half of next year.
Company Info
Location
san diego, california, united states
Additional Info
Janux Therapeutics is an innovative biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation therapeutics based on its proprietary Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr) platform technology to better treat patients suffering from cancer. Janux’s initial focus is on developing a novel class of T cell engagers (TCEs), and its lead product candidates are designed to target clinically validated drug targets. While TCE therapeutics have displayed potent anti-tumor activity in hematological cancers, developing TCEs to treat solid tumors have faced challenges due to the limitations of prior TCE technologies, namely (i) overactivation of the immune system leading to cytokine release syndrome, (ii) on-target, healthy tissue toxicities, and (iii) poor pharmacokinetics leading to short half-life. Janux is using its TRACTr platform technology to engineer product candidates designed to overcome these limitations. Janux is developing a broad pipeline with lead programs targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2). For more information, visit www.januxrx.com.