Brilliant RNS6 May 2026 07:07
Avacta presents new comparisons of pre|CISION® payload release vs approved ADCs and AVA6207 dual payload delivery at Science Day 2026
LONDON and PHILADELPHIA - May 6, 2026 - Avacta Therapeutics (AIM: AVCT, "the Company", "Avacta"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing pre|CISION®, a tumor-activated oncology delivery platform, will today present two new developments at its Science Day 2026 event.
The Company is presenting comparative analyses of pre|CISION® payload delivery via one of its programs, AVA6103, compared with now two approved Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs).It is also presenting updated in vivo studies of the dual payload delivery system in another program, AVA6207.
Christina Coughlin, CEO of Avacta, commented:
"These presentations further underline the potential of our unique pre|CISION® technology to improve treatment options for cancer patients.
"Providing data analysis of two ADCs, including Enhertu®, as part of the AVA6103 program, further demonstrates the alignment of the ADC mechanism and highlights the critical advantages of our pre|CISION® delivery directly to the tumor with higher selectivity, regardless of the ADC target.
"The data with our pre|CISION technology to deliver dual payloads has now demonstrated for the first time an efficacy advantage over single payload ADCs in a FAP-low and HER2-positive patient-derived cancer model.
"We continue to build momentum and enhance our IP - at a pace that we are confident exceeds industry norms."
AVA6103: The new data analyses in the AVA6103 program comparing pre|CISION® FAP-cleavable exatecan delivery with those of leading marketed ADCs have been extended to Datroway®, an ADC targeting the TROP2 antigen, as well as Enhertu® an ADC targeting the HER2 antigen.
Details of these studies:
· All three of these drugs (AVA6103, Enhertu® and Datroway®) feature tumor-targeted delivery of topoisomase I inhibitors (exatecan or deruxtecan) and these comparisons are designed to address the differences in the payload delivery and control for the differences in cancer models
· The delivery kinetics of exatecan (derived from AVA6103) and deruxtecan (derived from Enhertu® or Datroway®) demonstrate more rapid tumor penetration of released exatecan from AVA6103 (Tmax of minutes, AVA6103 versus Tmax >24 hours, Enhertu® or Datroway®) and higher maximal concentration (Cmax) of released payload in the tumor with differences observed of over 1-log
· The tumor selectivity index (TSI) is a measure of the overall exposure (area under the curve, AUC) in the tumor vs. the bloodstream (TSI = AUC[tumor/plasma]) which is at least 3 times higher with released exatecan from AVA6103 than either released deruxtecan from Enhertu® or Datroway®
· The Company is planning to publish these findings at an upcoming academic meeting and in a peer-reviewed journal
AVA6207: The in vivo data in th