Oncopeptides submits IND for peptide drug conjugate platform

By The Science Advisory Board staff writers

October 19, 2020 -- Oncopeptides has submitted an investigational new drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for OPD5, a second drug candidate based on its proprietary peptide drug conjugate platform.

OPD5 is based on a proprietary platform that leverages aminopeptidases to release alkylating agents rapidly into tumor cells.

The company plans to initiate clinical development of OPD5 with an open label phase I dose escalation study on the safety and efficacy of OPD5 as a myeloablative regimen followed by autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with relapsed refractory multiple myeloma.

The first drug that Oncopetides has initiated regulatory activities for is melflufen.


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