Research programme: SPEAR T cell therapies - Adaptimmune/ Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: Secreted and Transmembrane Immunomodulatory Proteins; SIPs and TIPsLatest Information Update: 19 Feb 2025
At a glance
- Originator Adaptimmune; Alpine Immune Sciences
- Developer Adaptimmune; Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Class Antineoplastics; Gene therapies; Immunotherapies; T lymphocyte cell therapies
- Mechanism of Action Immunologic cytotoxicity; T lymphocyte replacements
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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 No
Highest Development Phases
- Preclinical Cancer
Most Recent Events
- 21 Jul 2021 Preclinical trials in Cancer in USA (Parenteral) (Alpine Immune Sciences pipeline, July 2021)
- 15 May 2019 Adaptimmune and Alpine Immune Sciences enter into a collaboration and license agreement to develop next-generation SPEAR T-cells for treatment of Cancer
- 15 May 2019 Early research in Cancer in USA (unspecified route)