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Lantern Pharma Announces Launch of Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) Program to Target Solid Tumors & Blood Cancers through Agreement with Califia Pharma
- Lantern will evaluate and potentially develop ADC programs with novel patent protected linkers, drug payloads and conjugation processes from Califia that
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Lantern will evaluate and potentially develop ADC programs with novel patent protected linkers, drug payloads and conjugation processes from Califia that have demonstrated enhanced, highly targeted anti-tumor activity, creating new opportunities with Lantern's portfolio of DNA damage compounds\n - Lantern plans on evaluating and potentially launching additional programs with the ADC compounds and novel linker technologies in cancers where drug resistance is a key issue for both solid-tumors and blood-cancers and there is unmet patient need\n - Lantern believes that the agreement has the potential to add another key dimension to Lantern's focus on leveraging biological data and innovative platforms to accelerate cancer drug development\n\n\nDALLAS and LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lantern Pharma (Nasdaq: LTRN), a clinical-stage biopharma company using its proprietary RADR® artificial intelligence (\"A.I.\") platform to transform cancer drug development and identify patients who will benefit from its targeted oncology therapeutics, today announced that it will be launching the development of its ADC (Antibody Drug Conjugate) program through an evaluation and potential development agreement with Califia Pharma along with other key internal development and computational initiatives. Lantern will potentially leverage the patent-protected linker library, conjugation processes and payloads, including its own DNA damage causing compounds, LP-100 and LP-184, for development as ADC-based therapies for a range of solid tumors and blood cancers. In addition, Lantern intends to utilize its proprietary A.I. platform, known as RADR®, to help determine the cancer types, targets, and cancer biomarker signatures believed most likely to respond to and benefit from this ADC approach. According to industry analysts, the global antibody drug conjugate cancer therapy market is expected to exceed $10 billion USD by 2026, and $15 billion USD by 2030, driven by innovations in protein targeting, linker technologies and conjugation processes. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nADCs bring together the ability to target specific antibodies on specific cancer cells and then link that antibody targeting capability to delivering specific potent molecules or toxic payloads to the targeted cancer cell. ADCs are an emerging class of highly potent drugs ...