Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc ADR (ADAP)

Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the provision of cancer immunotherapy products based on its proprietary Specific Peptide Enhanced Affinity Receptor (SPEAR) T-cell platform. Its platform enables in identifying cancer targets; finding and genetically engineering T-cell receptors (TCR); and producing TCR therapeutic candidates for administration to patients. It is developing MAGE A-10 peptide that is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of urothelial, melanoma, and head and neck cancers, as well as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); MAGE-A4 to treat urothelial, melanoma, head and neck, ovarian, NSCLC, esophageal, and gastric cancers; and AFP SPEAR T-cell therapeutic candidate that is in Phase I/II clinical trials for targeting a peptide associated with hepatocellular carcinoma. Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc has a strategic collaboration and licensing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline for the development and commercialization of the NY-ESO SPEAR T-cell program; and strategic alliance with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for the development of T-cell therapies for various cancers. The company also has a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. for the assessment of NY-ESO SPEAR T-cell therapy in combination with anti-programmed death-1 inhibitor in patients with multiple myeloma; and a research, collaboration, and license agreement with Universal Cells, Inc. to gene editing and HLA-engineering technology, as well as a co-development and co-commercialization agreement with Bellicum Pharmaceutical Inc. to evaluate, develop, and commercialize next generation T-cell therapies. Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.