CMPX vs SGEN

Compass Therapeutics Inc.

Compass Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing antibody therapeutics to treat solid tumors and hematologic malignancies. The company is leveraging its proprietary StitchMabs and common light-chain enabled multi specific platforms to identify multi specifics and combinations of antibody therapeutics that could be advanced to the clinic. Its lead product candidate is CTX-471, a monoclonal antibody agonist of CD137, a co-stimulatory receptor on immune cells that is being evaluated in a Phase 1 study in patients who were previously treated with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors and who subsequently relapsed or progressed after a period of stable disease. The company is also developing CTX-8371, a bispecific antibody that targets PD-1 and PD-L1. In addition, it is developing a portfolio of bispecific and monoclonal antibody product candidates, which are in preclinical development. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Seagen Inc.

Seagen Inc., a biotechnology company, develops and commercializes therapies for the treatment of cancer in the United States and internationally. The company markets ADCETRIS, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for the treatment of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma or CD30-positive T-cell lymphomas; PADCEV, an ADC targeting Nectin-4 for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancers; and TUKYSA, an oral small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of adult patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. It also develops Tisotumab Vedotin for metastatic cervical cancer and other solid tumors; ladiratuzumab vedotin, an ADC targeting LIV-1 for metastatic breast cancer and solid tumors; and SEA-CD40, SEA-TGT, SEA-BCMA, and SEA-CD70 for various cancer diseases. Seagen Inc. has collaboration agreements with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Agensys, Inc.; Genmab A/S; Merck; and SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. The company was formerly known as Seattle Genetics, Inc. and changed its name to Seagen Inc. in October 2020. Seagen Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Bothell, Washington.