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Actym: programming microbes to treat solid tumors

Backed by Boehringer Ingelheim and Panacea, Actym is engineering microbes to enable safe, systemic delivery

June 2, 2023 10:38 PM UTC

Actym is delivering immunomodulatory payload combinations to solid tumors using a modified bacterial vector that naturally enriches in the tumor microenvironment after systemic delivery.

Actym Therapeutics Inc. co-founder, President and CEO Christopher Thanos told BioCentury the company wanted to develop technology that can target immunologically cold tumors, enable multi-pathway target engagement, and be systemically administered while still specifically targeting the tumor...