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XENOTHERA : publication of the first-in-human trial of LIS1 in Solid Organ Transplantation

2024-02-28 · Xenothera SAS · original xenothera.com ↗

February, 2024. For almost ten years, XENOTHERA has been committed to tackling major medical unmet needs. Our first product, LIS1, aims at solving main issues for patients having received a solid organ transplant. LIS1 is a highly innovative glyco-humanized polyclonal antibody issued from XENOTHERA’s antibody platform, with novel immunosuppressive properties. LIS1 was introduced in clinic in 2019 in a phase IIa clinical trial which ended in 2022, the Principal Investigator being Prof. Viklický Ondřej , IKEM, Prag, Czech Republic. Results confirming the safety and efficacy of the product were recently published in Transplantation, the reference peer-reviewed journal of the domain. The paper entitled “First-in-human Study With LIS1, a Next-generation Porcine Low Immunogenicity Antilymphocyte Immunoglobulin in Kidney Transplantation” by Ondrej Viklicky, Janka Slatinská , Libor Janousek, Juliette Rousse , Pierre-Joseph Royer , Pierre-Louis Toutain , Emanuele Cozzi, Cesare Galli, Gwenaelle Evanno , Odile Duvaux , Jean-Marie BACH , jean Paul Soulillou , Magali Giral , Bernard Vanhove and Gilles Blancho , is available in the Feb. volume of Transplantation (doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004967) This achievement is a cornerstone in the development of LIS1 and of XENOTHERA since it validates our company’s technology in man. It is also a perfect illustration of a fruitful collaboration between academic and private structures. LIS1 is based on the science of the CR2TI UMR 1064 Nantes , the world-renowned center of transplantation in Nantes, France, led by Prof. Gilles Blancho .

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