Celldex Therapeutics
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in developing therapeutic monoclonal and bispecific antibodies. The Company's drug candidates include antibody-based therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with inflammatory diseases and many forms of cancer. The Company is engaged in the research and development of CDX-015, CDX-1140 and CDX-527. CDX-0159, a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds the KIT receptor and potently inhibits its activity, has completed a Phase Ia study in healthy subjects. CDX-1140, an agonist monoclonal antibody targeted to CD40, a key activator of immune response, is being studied in a Phase I study. CDX-527 is the first candidate from Celldex's bispecific antibody platform. CDX-527 is a bispecific antibody that uses the Company's anti-PD-L1 and CD27 human antibodies to couple CD27 co-stimulation with blockade of the PD-L1/PD-1 pathway, and Company has initiated a Phase I study in advanced solid tumors.