Sector: Healthcare | Industry: Biotechnology & Medical Research |
NKGen Biotech, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of autologous, allogeneic, and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapeutics. Its product candidates are based on a manufacturing and cryopreservation process, which produces SuperNK (SNK) cells. SNK cells can be produced in large quantities and cryopreserved, while maintaining high levels of cytotoxicity and activating receptor expression after thawing and reconstitution. It is developing SNK01, an autologous natural killer (NK) cell therapy, for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Its autologous NK cell therapy candidate has clinical trials in several therapeutic areas, including oncology and neurodegeneration. SNK02 is its allogeneic NK cell product candidate. It is conducting clinical trials with its SNK cell therapy in patients with neurodegenerative disease (SNK01) and cancer (SNK02).
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