Companies To Watch: Orca Bio
By Wayne Koberstein, Executive Editor, Life Science Leader
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A new cell therapy aiming to bring rebirth to stem cell transplantation
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Orca Bio is developing cell therapies to make stem cell transplants safer and more effective than traditional practices by avoiding the common problems of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and toxic conditioning. The company now focuses primarily on blood cancers and disorders with two lead products, Orca-T for allogenic transplants, and Orca-Q for haploidentical, or partially matched, transplants. Orca-T is in a Phase 3 clinical trial for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), in patients aged 18-65, and in a Phase 1b/2 trial for the treatment of acute leukemia and MDS in patients aged 66-75. Orca-Q is in a Phase 1 trial for treating acute leukemias in patients with haploidentical donors. Additional products are in earlier programs that would expand similar treatments into other areas and indications.
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