Company Description

Janux Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops immunotherapies based on Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr), Tumor Activated Immunomodulator (TRACIr), and Adaptive Immune Response Modulator (ARM) platforms technology to treat patients with cancer.

The company’s clinical candidates include JANX007, a prostate-specific membrane antigen or PSMA-TRACTr, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial in adults for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and the vasculature of other tumors; and JANX008, an epidermal growth factor receptor that is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of various solid cancers, including colorectal cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, small cell lung cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and triple-negative breast cancer.

It also develops JANX011, a CD19-targeted adaptive immune response modulator that is in phase 1 clinical study developed for autoimmune diseases.

The company has strategic research collaboration agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. to develop TRACTr product candidates; and Bristol Myers Squibb to develop and commercialize an undisclosed, novel tumor-activated therapeutic targeting a validated solid tumor antigen expressed across several human cancer types.

Janux Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.