本草圈企业:上海岸迈生物荣获2017年中国创新创业大赛(生物医药行业初创组)全国总决赛冠军

2017年9月19日,由国家科技部、教育部、财政部主办,科技部火炬中心承办,江苏省科技厅地方协办的第六届中国创新创业大赛(生物医药行业)总决赛在南京收官。经历行业上海赛区预赛及选拔赛、全国行业半决赛、全国行业总决赛等四场演讲与答辩,一路过关斩将,岸迈生物最终以93.12分荣获2017中国创新创业大赛(生物医药行业初创组)全国总决赛冠军。

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作为国内规格最高的创新创业赛事中国创新创业大赛,自今年5月启动以来,受到社会各界的高度关注,全国创业企业积极响应。本届大赛共计28147家参赛企业,在36个地方赛区激战数月。最终,有50余家初创企业和170余家成长企业入围生物医药行业总决赛。在全国行业半决赛中,岸迈生物一路过关斩将,以小组第一的身份晋级行业总决赛。9月19日,在南京市政府领导、创投专家、双创精英、莘莘学子、媒体记者、公证人员等500余名观众的共同见证下,岸迈生物生物部总监巫玄博士代表岸迈在这场“终极国战”中第一个登台亮相。经过紧张激烈的8分钟的项目演讲,和7分钟的评委问答环节,最终获得93.12的高分,并将优势保留到最后,一举夺得2017中国创新创业大赛(生物医药行业初创组)总决赛冠军。更多比赛信息在大赛官网(www.cxcyds.com)有详细报道。

上海岸迈生物科技有限公司是位于上海浦东新区张江高科技园区的一家新兴的创新型国际化生物技术企业,专注于利用自主知识产权的双特异性抗体技术平台(FIT-Ig®)进行创新生物药的研究和开发。FIT-Ig®技术是一项新型的双特异性抗体的技术平台,该技术平台能够通过简单的分子生物学手段将两个抗体串联在一起形成双抗,该双抗同时具备了两个原始抗体的功能,拥有双重活性和产业化优势。基于FIT-Ig平台技术,岸迈生物目前拥有十几个自主开发的 First-in-class 生物大分子新药研发项目,专注于恶性肿瘤靶向治疗,肿瘤免疫,T细胞导向治疗等领域。其中有三个品种处于临床前开发阶段,预计 2018 年在国内外进行第一个产品的临床申报,到 2020 年将有多个创新药物进入国内外临床实验阶段。FIT-Ig®技术同时也吸引了国内外多个主流生物医药企业的关注和青睐,目前已经和包括信达生物、英国Kymab公司等在内的多家企业达成了合作意向,岸迈将通过技术授权、合作开发、共享收益等多种形式实现战略发展,为国内药企开发双抗药物起到了引领示范和带头作用。2017初,岸迈生物成功完成A轮2500万美元融资,由元禾原点领投,德诚资本、本草资本、趋势资本跟投。

EpimAb Biotherapeutic won first prize in China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the most prestigious award in China promoting innovation across different industries with 28147 companies participated. The final competition was held in Nanjing on September 19th, 2017, with more than 200 companies in the biomedical industry entering into the semi-final round of the competition.  Dr. Xuan Wu, Director of Biology, represented EpimAb in the intense competitions in the semi-final and final rounds of the competition, and eventually won the first place in the Emerging Company category of the final competition. EpimAb Biotherapeutics is a privately owned biopharmaceutical R&D company based in Shanghai with a proprietary unique and efficient technology called FIT-Ig® (Fabs-In-Tandem Immunoglobulin) to generate bispecific molecules with antibody-like properties. With this platform EpimAb is creating a pipeline of its own novel bispecific antibody therapeutics focused around immuno-oncology and other areas of high value to patients. EpimAb is also committed to diversifying its pipeline through selective licensing of its platform to partners worldwide.  In April 2017 EpimAb completed a $25 million Series A financing round, led by Oriza Seed Capital and included investments from Decheng Capital, 3E Bioventures Capital and the Trend Investment Group. With the funding, Epimab will advance its proprietary bispecific platform technology and build a pipeline of therapeutic candidates in immuno-oncology and other areas with a high unmet medical need. For further information, please visit www.epimab.com.