Apexigen (NASDAQ: APGN)

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Apexigen Company Info

Apexigen, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on discovering and developing a new generation of antibody therapeutics for oncology, with an emphasis on new immuno-oncology agents designed to harness the patient’s immune system to combat and eradicate cancer. The firm’s products include Sotigalimab and APX601. The Sotigalimab is a humanized agonist antibody that targets and activates CD40, a co-stimulatory receptor that is essential for activating both the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system, to stimulate an anti-tumor immune response. The APX601 is a humanized antagonist antibody that binds to TNFR2, which is highly expressed on immune suppressive cells, including Treg and suppressive myeloid cells, as well as on many cancers. The company was founded by Xiao Dong Yang in July 2010 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

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