FDA Clears IND Application for AVZO-103 in Solid Tumors
“The clearance of our IND for AVZO-103 marks our third IND clearance this year, highlighting the productivity and dedication of our R&D team,” said Mohammad Hirmand, M.D., Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Avenzo Therapeutics. “This bispecific ADC is designed to simultaneously target Nectin4 and TROP2 to potentially enhance tumor cell killing while sparing normal tissue. We look forward to studying its potential to address significant unmet needs for patients with cancers that co-express these targets, including urothelial cancer.”
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