Promatix Biosciences Awarded Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Grant to Advance First-in-Class EGFR × EphA2 Cis-Bispecific ADC

“Non-dilutive funding of this kind is strong external validation of both our lead programme and the proteomics-driven discovery platform behind it,” said Dr. Michael Hunter, CEO and Co-Founder of Promatix. “It will enable us to advance PBS293-exatecan in colorectal cancer while extending the same logic-gated approach to further solid  tumours, including oesophageal and non-small cell lung cancer. Generating robust efficacy and safety data in this programme is a key inflection point that we expect to underpin a future pharma partnership and to support our planned Series A financing, enabling us to build a broader pipeline of tumour-selective bispecific ADCs from a UK base.”

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