RE: Avidimab17 Mar 2024 11:35
Exactly chester.
Lindy itself thinks it could benefit any mAb.
It may be that Scancell's current strategy for Avidimab is to just let the evidence accumulate when Avidimab is used in combination with other agents.
Avidimab had its first outing with the Covidity trial. It may be impossible to measure the effect of Avidimab in this trial, since there was no cohort without Avidimab.
The SCIB1 and iSCIB1+ trial may give a better indication of the effect Avidimab has.
It's worth bearing in mind how Avidimab came about. When Gylcans mAbs were humanised, they lost the ability to bind to their target. Lindy's team then worked to find what it wat in the mouse mAb that gave the strong binding. Once isolated, this was added to the humanised mAb and, hey presto, the humanised mAb regained strong binding.
Genmab will be one company that will be well aware of Avidimab. Possibly they are the most likely to add Avidimab to one of their own mAbs in development and be the first to execute an Avidimab deal.
We all hope that the first such deal is the prelude to an avalanche of deals