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Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: HTBX [1] | |
Industry | Biotechnology |
Founded | 2008 |
Headquarters | Morrisville, North Carolina [2] |
Area served | Morrisville, North Carolina
[2] New Brunswick, New Jersey [2] San Antonio, Texas [2] |
Key people | Jeffrey Wolf ( Founder and CEO) |
Products | HS-110, HS-130, PTX-35 and COVID-19 program |
Website |
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Heat Biologics Inc. is a US biotechnology company focused on the field of immunotherapy. Heat Biologics was founded by Jeff Wolf and Eckhard Podack, in conjunction with the University of Miami and Seed-One Ventures. [3] The company is based in Morrisville, North Carolina. [2]
In 2008, Heat Biologics was founded by Jeff Wolf and Eckhard Podack, in conjunction with the University of Miami and Seed-One Ventures. [3] The company relocated to North Carolina in 2011. [2] NCBiotech provided $225,000 of initial funding the same year. [2]
On July 24, 2013, Heat Biologics stock went public on NASDAQ under ticker symbol HTBX. [1]
In 2017, Heat Biologics acquired an 80% controlling interest in Pelican Therapeutics. [4]
Morrisville, North Carolina became the company's headquarters in 2019. [2]
In 2020, the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine collaborated with Heat Biologics to develop a COVID-19 vaccine using gp-96 to express antigens associated with COVID-19. [5]
In 2021, Heat Biologics began Phase 2 clinical trials for a new non-small cell lung cancer treatment (HS-110). It also initiated a Phase 1 trial for HS-130, its off-the-shelf cell line engineered to stimulate T-cells to assist in immune response to disease. [2]
HS-110, also called viagenpumatucel-L, is in Phase II in NSCLC, in combination with cyclophosphamide. Another Phase I study is combining HS 110 with nivolumab and other checkpoint inhibitors. [6]
HS-130 is in Phase I clinical trial for patients with solid tumors. HS-130 is an allogeneic (“off-the-shelf”) cell line engineered to express OX40 ligand fusion protein (OX40L-Fc). OX40 ligand is a key co-stimulator of T cells that augments antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses. [7]
The company initiated a COVID-19 vaccine collaboration with the University of Miami in March 2020 using their gp96 platform which activates the human immune system to combat infectious diseases with the potential of generating long-term immune responses. [8]
PTX-35 is in Phase I clinical trial for patients with solid tumors. PTX-35 is a potential first-in-class T cell co-stimulator targeting TNFRSF25 (Death Receptor 3). Favorable safety profile was demonstrated in mice and non-human primates. PTX-35's development plan focuses on cancer immunotherapy. [9]
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