AprilBio Co.,Ltd.
KOSDAQ-listed biotech out-licensing SAFA-platform long-acting antibody candidates to global pharma partners such as Lundbeck and Evommune.
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Source: DART corporate disclosureFounded in 2013 and listed on KOSDAQ in 2022, AprilBio is an antibody therapeutics R&D company. It develops antibody drugs, bispecific antibodies, long-acting biologics, and ADC-applied antibodies using its human antibody library technology (HuDVFab library) and its SAFA (anti-Serum Albumin Fab-Associated technology) half-life extension platform. It has signed five out-licensing deals to date, including a $448 million deal with Denmark's H. Lundbeck A/S in October 2021 and a $475 million deal with Evommune, Inc. of the U.S. in June 2024.
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Source: DART corporate disclosureSAFA(anti-Serum Albumin Fab-Associated technology) · 자가면역질환·염증질환·암·희귀질환 · 플랫폼 기술 · Half-life extension platform based on serum-albumin-binding Fab antibody SL335
HuDVFab library · 플랫폼 기술 · Human antibody library technology for candidate discovery
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