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News & Views
First patient dosed in Phase 1 Trial
Iksuda announces first patient dosed in Phase 1 trial of IKS014


Iksuda abstracts at AACR 2025
Iksuda’s abstracts have been scheduled for presentation in a Poster Session at the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 in Chicago, on Monday April 28 and have been published to the AACR Online Program Planner.

First patient dosed in Phase 1 Trial
Iksuda announces first patient dosed in Phase 1 trial of IKS014

Iksuda deepens clinical pipeline
Iksuda Therapeutics deepens clinical pipeline through licensing agreement for Her2 antibody drug conjugate programme from LegoChem Biosciences

LegoChem Biosciences and Iksuda Therapeutics expand License Agreement for development of antibody-drug conjugates
Expanded agreement grants Iksuda access to Legochem Biosciences’ next generation ADC platform for up to six targets

Iksuda Therapeutics closes $47 million financing round
• Funding to accelerate clinical progression of Iksuda’s pipeline of new generation of antibody drug conjugates, targeting tumours with high unmet need • Investment round led by Korean-based Mirae Asset Capital and Celltrion

Iksuda enters license agreement with University of Goettingen
Iksuda Therapeutics enters license agreement with University of Goettingen to develop a new generation of antibody drug conjugates

Licensing agreement with LegoChem Biosciences
LegoChem Biosciences and Iksuda enter Licensing Agreement for Antibody Drug Conjugate program

LCB and Iksuda Enter into a Multi-Target Research Collaboration
LegoChem Biosciences and Iksuda Enter into a Multi-Target Research Collaboration and License Agreement for the Development of Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Forging stable relationships for Antibody-Drug Conjugates
DCs are a class of biopharmaceuticals that target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.

Iksuda Therapeutics presents first data on lead antibody drug conjugate, demonstrating effective tumour regression
IKS01 shows marked anti-tumour efficacy in pre-clinical models of ovarian and lung cancer


Iksuda Therapeutics and Femtogenix sign license agreement
Agreement gives Iksuda access to Femtogenix’s therapeutic payloads to advance lead ADC for difficult-to-treat solid tumours

Iksuda Therapeutics move into The Biosphere and open a US based office
We’re excited to announce our move into a brand new, purpose built facility, The Biosphere at Newcastle Helix.

Glythera Announces Corporate Name Change and Rebranding to Iksuda Therapeutics
New identity reflects transition in corporate focus, from technology licensing to drug development, for previously untreatable cancers

Glythera appoints Professor Kerry Chester to SAB
Appointment supports the development of the Company’s pipeline

Glythera appoints Chief Scientific Officer and strengthens SAB
Dr Robert Lutz appointed as CSO to support development of next-generation PermaLink® Antibody Drug Conjugates

Positive Outcome of Proof-of-Concept Study with Glythera and Follow on Drug Development Partnership
Successful proof-of-concept study leads to Affimer drug conjugate development partnership

Glythera licenses novel payload class from Cancer Research UK for the development of next-generation antibody drug conjugates
Glythera gains exclusive access to Cancer Research UK’s novel CDK11 inhibitor programme for the development of ADCs conjugated using its highly stable conjugation platform, PermaLink®

Glythera and IONTAS enter into license agreement for the development of multiple antibodies for next-generation Antibody Drug Conjugates
IONTAS will provide Glythera with antibodies from its fully human antibody libraries

Glythera appoints Dr Mike Owen as non-executive director
Glythera Limited (‘Glythera’), the next generation antibody drug conjugate (‘ADC’) development company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Mike Owen to the Board as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Glythera launches UK government funded project to develop safer and more efficacious ADCs for the treatment of difficult-to-treat tumours
Development of proprietary next generation ADC portfolio

Glythera demonstrates improved activity and safety of PermaLink®-based ADC
Appoints Scientific Advisory Board

Glythera wins prestigious biomedical award
2014 Biomedical Awards, hosted by Bionow at the BALTIC Centre

Avacta and Glythera announce collaboration to develop novel, potentially highly potent, drug class
The collaboration will evaluate the use of Avacta’s Affimer technology in combination with Glythera’s PermaLink conjugation chemistry

Glythera-led consortium wins Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst funding
£248,000 to develop high-throughput glycosylation assay

Glythera unveils PermaLink®, its proprietary ADC cysteine linker technology
A next generation linker displaying very high stability with improved selectivity and specificity

Glythera’s Environmental Policy
We are delighted to announce Glythera’s environmental policy.

Biomedical start-ups benefit from dose of northern exposure
While City investors and Westminister politicians have been weighing a Pfizer bid for AstraZeneca, a very different attempt to capitalise on UK scientific research has launched in the north of England.

Glythera STEM Ambassadors
Glythera’s CEO David Simpson and Glythera’s Technical Director Jenny Thirlway are fully approved STEM Ambassadors!

Newcastle drugs company Glythera Ltd forges new partnership with BioOutsource Ltd
Newcastle-based Glythera Ltd, a biotechnology company specialising in the development of the next generation of biological therapeutics that are used in treatments for diseases like cancer, has joined up with Glasgow firm BioOutsource Ltd. www.thejournal.co.uk