VERAXA Biotech AG (NASDAQ: VRXA) Advances VXA-222 Cancer Program While Expanding Patent Portfolio for Next-Generation Antibody Technologies
The company has advanced its VXA-222 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (“bsADC”) program into the next stage of development following completion of the discovery phase with OmniAb. OmniAb delivered a portfolio of therapeutic antibody binders, with VERAXA now responsible for engineering the final bispecific ADC candidate and advancing preclinical validation. Although VXA-222 is not based on VERAXA's BiTAC platform, it leverages the company's proprietary antibody engineering, linker and conjugation technologies and represents one of its more advanced development programs. VERAXA recently expanded its intellectual property portfolio with its first BiTAC-related patent filings alongside additional patents supporting conjugation chemistry, payloads and antibody technologies.…
