Cartherics is delighted to announce that Saleh Almasabi has successfully completed his PhD Candidature.
Saleh’s research thesis, ‘The role of integrin linked kinase in senescence and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in colon cancer’, identified that integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is associated with cancer prognosis and characterises the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. These findings suggest possible clinical avenues of targeting […]
Cartherics’ CEO, Professor Alan Trounson, was recently interviewed by CGTLive, to discuss the company’s development of NK cell, T-cell and macrophage cell therapies for various solid tumours.
Cartherics is using its induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell platform to develop NK cell, T-cell, and macrophage cell therapies with potential indications for solid tumour types including ovarian, […]
Melbourne, Australia, 09 January 2023 – Cartherics Pty Ltd (“Cartherics”), a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, announced today that it has been granted Chinese patent ZL 201680069543.6, entitled “Genetically modified cells and uses thereof”. This patent is part of the family represented by the international patent filing WO2017088012.
The […]
This year has been an exciting and productive one for Cartherics. We opened our new and impressive research and development facility in Notting Hill and are busy completing the preclinical studies for our lead iNK product for treating ovarian cancer. The follow-on product pipeline is revving up with new CAR target candidates, additional gene edits […]
Ian Nisbet and Alan Trounson, AO
Australia is a very challenging environment for early-stage biotechnology companies. Risk capital is hard to find, and investors are wary of over-promising and under-delivering start-ups, that commonly go aground because of limited resources pitched against the costly demands and long timeframes of drug development.
For public companies, there is often a […]
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 08 November 2022
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (“Peter Mac”) and Cartherics Pty Ltd (“Cartherics”) announced today they have entered into a Collaborative Development Program Agreement (CDPA) to develop Cartherics’ proprietary autologous CAR-T cell therapy (CTH-001) for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL).
“Patients with advanced stages of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas often […]
Cartherics is delighted to be participating in Frocktober – Australia’s most fashionable month-long fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for vital ovarian cancer research through the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF).
Ovarian cancer is Australia’s most lethal gynaecological cancer, taking more than 1,000 lives each year. With a five-year survival rate of only 48%, there […]
MELBOURNE, Australia, 13 October 2022 – Cartherics, a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, has opened today a brand-new state-of-the-art facility to strengthen the company’s research and manufacturing capabilities, as well as support local innovation. Cartherics invested AU$4M in the newly designed and built facility, which includes PC2 and dedicated […]
Melbourne, Australia, 06 October 2022 – Cartherics, a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, announced today that it has been granted US patent 11,400,145, entitled “Genetically modified cells and uses thereof”.
This patent provides a proprietary position for multiple development candidates in Cartherics’ pipeline. Specifically, this patent covers Cartherics’ chimeric […]
MELBOURNE, Australia, 27 September 2022 – Cartherics, a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, together within partner institutions, has received $5.4M Medical Research Futures Fund (MRFF) grant to develop a new approach to enhance cancer therapy by engaging the patients’ own immune system to complement CAR cell therapy.
The company, in […]
Cartherics’ mission is the development of novel, “off-the-shelf” (allogeneic) immune cell therapy products for the treatment of cancer.
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