Werewolf Therapeutics Announces Promising New Development Candidate, WTX-921, a first-of-its-kind IL-10 INDUKINE™ Molecule for Inflammatory Diseases
31 October 2024 - 11:00PM
Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Werewolf”) (Nasdaq:
HOWL), an innovative biopharmaceutical company pioneering the
development of conditionally activated therapeutics engineered to
stimulate the body’s immune system for the treatment of cancer and
other immune-mediated conditions, today announced the addition of
WTX-921, a novel IL-10 INDUKINE development candidate for
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and potentially other inflammatory
diseases, to the Company’s pipeline. This pipeline expansion
underscores the transformative promise of the Werewolf’s PREDATOR®
platform to apply the INDUKINE approach to therapeutic areas
outside of oncology.
Werewolf’s INDUKINE molecules have shown promising safety and
efficacy results in ongoing oncology clinical trials. Their
validated approach entails the identification of novel
protease-cleavable linkers that enable the conditional activation
of wild-type cytokines, optimizing efficacy in disease tissues
while shielding healthy tissues from on-target/off-tissue effects.
To address IBD, Werewolf leveraged this unique drug design approach
and identified the optimal cytokine masking and disease selective
linkers for delivery of IL-10 to inflammatory disease tissue, in
this case the colon. This achievement highlights the platform’s
exceptional ability to generate best-in-class, conditionally active
therapeutics with unparalleled therapeutic windows, addressing
critical needs across diverse medical areas.
“The unveiling of our novel drug candidate WTX-921 for IBD
represents a key milestone that not only marks a pivotal moment in
our trajectory forward, but also showcases our PREDATOR platform’s
versatility in other critically unmet medical needs,” said Daniel
J. Hicklin, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of
Werewolf. “We are dedicated to pioneering therapies that target the
root mechanisms of diseases evident by this new development
candidate, WTX-921.”
IBD is characterized by considerable unmet need as
currently there is no cure, only medications that control
symptoms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, IBD encompasses Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis,
two conditions that are characterized by chronic inflammation of
the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Prolonged inflammation results in
damage to the GI tract. While the exact cause of IBD is unknown,
autoimmune and immune-mediated factors have been shown to
contribute to the severity of the disease. IBD is diagnosed in more
than 0.7% of Americans, with 721 cases per 100,000 people, or 1 in
100.
To learn more about the Company’s platform and immunology
approach, visit www.werewolftx.com.
About Werewolf TherapeuticsWerewolf
Therapeutics, Inc., is an innovative biopharmaceutical company
pioneering the development of therapeutics engineered to stimulate
the body’s immune system for the treatment of cancer and other
immune-mediated conditions. Werewolf is leveraging its proprietary
PREDATOR platform to design conditionally activated molecules that
stimulate both adaptive and innate immunity with the goal of
addressing the limitations of conventional proinflammatory immune
therapies. The Company’s INDUKINE molecules are intended to remain
inactive in peripheral tissue yet activate selectively in the tumor
microenvironment. Werewolf’s most advanced clinical stage product
candidates, WTX-124 and WTX-330, are systemically delivered,
conditionally activated Interleukin-2 (IL-2), and Interleukin-12
(IL-12) INDUKINE molecules, respectively, for the treatment of
solid tumors. Werewolf is advancing WTX-124 in multiple tumor types
as a single agent and in combination with an immune checkpoint
inhibitor and WTX-330 in multiple tumor types or Non-Hodgkin
Lymphoma as a single agent. To learn more visit
www.werewolftx.com.
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