Description
Xencor, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on discovering and developing engineered monoclonal antibodies and cytokine therapeutics to treat patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases.
The Company is advancing a portfolio of clinical-stage XmAb drug candidates from its protein engineering technology platforms. The Company uses its engineering capabilities to enable its understanding of protein structure and interactions to design technologies and XmAb development candidates with properties. It is focused on the Fc domain, which is the part of an antibody that interacts with various segments of the immune system and controls antibody structure.
The Fc domain is constant and interchangeable among antibodies, and its engineered Fc domains are the XmAb technology, which can be readily substituted for natural Fc domains. Its drug candidates include Plamotamab, XmAb717, Tidutamab, XmAb841, XmAb306, AMG 509, XmAb819, XmAb104, XmAb564 and Novartis XmAb.