Avacta: Data and clinical progress validate pre|CISION platform
Recent updates on current lead asset AVA6000, a peptide-drug conjugate of doxorubicin, suggest the programme remains on track to move into dose expansion cohorts in H224. Most recently, AACR data confirm that AVA6000 is working as intended, with selective activation at the target tumour site, lower toxicities than standard doxorubicin, and anti-tumour effects in cancers with over-expression of FAP and that are sensitive to doxorubicin monotherapy. In addition, there have been no unexpected safety signals in the first dosing cohort of the optimised two-weekly schedule, important given the more frequent administration. Continued successful clinical progress with AVA6000 also helps to validate the proprietary pre|CISION platform. This could have wide ranging potential in oncology, with the opportunity to develop next-generation targeted cancer treatments. Details on the broader pre|CISION pipeline are expected in H224. Our valuation post FY23 results and the March fundraise is slightly increased to £675m (equivalent to 188p/share).Avacta Group is a biotechnology company that is developing biotherapeutics and reagents based on its proprietary Affimer technology, an engineered alternative to antibodies. Affimer® reagents and therapeutics are a class of non-antibody binding proteins that have been engineered for a range of applications where antibodies and aptamers have limitations. Co. has two operating segments: Life Sciences, which provides custom Affimers for reagents and diagnostics, drug and biomarker discovery in biotech research and development; and Animal Health, which provides tools and contract services to assist diagnosis of conditions in animals to enable treatment for veterinarians.
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