Akeso Inc (9926)

Akeso, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, researches, develops, manufactures, and commercializes antibody drugs. The company develops AK104, a PD-1/CTLA-4 bi-specific antibody to treat cervical cancer, gastric cancer (GC), gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, ESCC, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), pancreatic cancer, and solid tumors; and AK112, a PD-1/VEGF bi-specific antibody to treat NSCLC, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), head and neck cancer, HCC, colorectal and ovarian cancer, and solid tumors. It is also developing AK117, a CD47 monoclonal antibody to treat myelodysplastic syndrome, acute myeloid leukemia, GC, GEJ, ESCC, HNSCC, CRC, TNBC, and solid tumors/lymphoma; AK105, a PD-1 monoclonal antibody to treat classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma (R/R cHL), NSCLC, NPC, HCC, SCLC, thyroid cancer, mesothelioma and thymic cancer, ESCC, UC, GC, GEJ, cholangiocarcinoma, neuroendocrine tumor, and mismatch repair deficient solid tumor; AK119, a CD73 monoclonal antibody for treating solid tumors and NSCLC; and AK109, a VEGFR-2 monoclonal antibody to treat GC, GEJ, NSCLC, HCC, and solid tumors. In addition, the company develops AK102, a PCSK9 monoclonal antibody to treat hypercholesterolemia and mixed hyperlipidemia; AK101, an IL-12/IL-23 monoclonal antibody to treat moderate-to-severe psoriasis and ulcerative colitis; AK111, an IL-17 monoclonal antibody to treat moderate-to-severe psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis; and AK120, an IL-4R monoclonal antibody to treat moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. Further, its preclinical product includes AK127, a TIGIT monoclonal antibody to treat solid tumors; and AK115, a NGF monoclonal antibody. The company has collaboration agreements with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals; Summit Therapeutics Inc.; and Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences Co., Ltd. Akeso, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Zhongshan, the People’s Republic of China.