List of Immuno-Oncology Companies in New Jersey - 3

Avotres Inc. is a private biotechnology company developing breakthrough therapeutic solutions for incurable immunologically mediated disorders. Targeting these therapeutic areas with significant unmet medical needs, we apply innovative science to unveil potentially paradigm shifting immunological pathways in the hope to transform the treatment for millions of patients. We consider it our mission to tackle these diseases from their root cause(s) and aim to reach the goal of relieving patients from the disease burden.

As experts in cytokine biology, our clinical stage pipeline comprises five cytokine-derived therapeutic candidates, with our lead proprietary compound, SON-1010, in Phase 1 development. Closely following are SON-080, in Phase 1b/2a development, and three other candidates undergoing preclinical study. Sonnet’s proprietary FHAB™ (Fully Human Albumin Binding) technology enables the development of innovative targeted biologic drugs with enhanced single- or bi-specific mechanisms. The FHAB™ platform utilizes a fully human single chain antibody fragment (scFv) that binds to and “hitchhikes” on human serum albumin (HSA) for transport to target tissues. Our internal focus is immune oncology, however, we believe our technology is suited for drug development across the spectrum of human disease. Sonnet’s FHAB construct attaches to albumin in the bloodstream, which significantly enhances the pharmacokinetics of the active drug substance. It also naturally accumulates at inflammation sites, including tumors, thereby potentiating delivery to target tissues. Our platform has demonstrated a tenfold increase in half-life and a greater-than-thirtyfold increase in efficacy as compared to recombinant interleukins without FHAB in preclinical studies. We believe the versatile platform can generate a large immune oncology pipeline, including combinations with a variety of biologic drugs. The Sonnet platform is differentiated in that FHAB utilizes a fully human sequence with a human glycosylation profile that can be manufactured using a standard CHO process.

XEME Biopharma Inc. is clinical-stage company focused on developing therapeutic products in the area of active cancer immunotherapy (vaccines). This area of therapeutic cancer vaccines is expected by many oncology specialists to provide the next breakthrough in the treatment of cancer beyond the current approaches of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and passive immunotherapy (monoclonal antibodies). XEME Biopharma is focused on two integrated technology platforms: Aggregon® and Oncolipin. The Aggregon® technology is used in the manufacture of Oncoquest™-CLL and Oncoquest™-L, two innovative lead products of personalized (autologous) cancer vaccines for the treatment of leukemia and lymphoma, respectively. XEME's unique, disruptive, and patented technology platform has the following competitive advantages: - Indicated efficacy in previous clinical studies - Very low cost of production / high margins - Broad spectrum of potential clinical applications - personalized and off-the-shelf products - Rapid manufacturing process, less than 24 hours - Relatively low cost per dose, per patient