: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a severe, often fatal cascade of exaggerated immune responses. It can be caused by infectious and autoimmune diseases such as COVID-19 and lupus, and immunotherapies like T-cell based therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors. IDC007 is a bispecific antibody that suppresses two key molecules in the development of CRS.

: More than 80% of cancer patients do not respond to treatment by immune checkpoint inhibitors, which is a challenge seen in tumors with severely immune-suppressed tumor microenvironment (TME). Another challenge is that some patients are susceptible to the drugs’ off-target adverse effects. IDC008 is a bispecific antibody that targets PAUF and an immune checkpoint molecule expressed in tumors. Targeting PAUF increases the selectivity of the immune checkpoint inhibition and alleviates TME immune suppression, at the same time.