Profile Description:

Avacta Group Plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development of cancer therapies in the United Kingdom, South Korea, and internationally. Its lead product candidate is AVA6000, a peptide drug conjugate form of doxorubicin, which is an approved cancer drug with known severe toxicities. The company is developing AVA6103, a peptide drug conjugate technology designed to deliver exatecan, a potent topoisomerase I inhibitor directly to tumors while limiting the exposure of the released exatecan in normal tissues; and AVA7100 that drives localization to fibroblast activation protein expressing tumors. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.