Cavrotolimod - Bluejay Therapeutics
Alternative Names: AST 008Latest Information Update: 29 May 2025
At a glance
- Originator Exicure
- Developer Bluejay Therapeutics; Exicure
- Class Antineoplastics; Antivirals; Immunotherapies; Oligonucleotides
- Mechanism of Action Immunostimulants; Toll-like receptor 9 agonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
- Available For Licensing Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Phase I Hepatitis B
- Discontinued Haematological malignancies; Merkel cell carcinoma; Solid tumours; Squamous cell cancer
Most Recent Events
- 15 Nov 2024 Pharmacodynamics data from preclinical studies in Hepatitis B presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases cynomolgus monkeys (AASLD-2024)
- 15 Nov 2024 Pharmacodynamics data from the preclinical studies in Hepatitis B released by Bluejay Therapeutics
- 22 May 2024 Phase-I clinical trials in Hepatitis B (SC) (Bluejay Therapeutics pipeline; May 2024)