Prix Mersana Therapeutics Inc (MRSN)

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of antibody-drug conjugates that offer clinical benefit for cancer patients. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and currently employs 102 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2017-06-28. The firm also focuses on adult oncology. Its pipeline includes tovorafenib (OJEMDA), DAY301, emiltatug ledadotin (Emi-Le), a novel antibody drug conjugate (ADC) targeting the B7-H4 protein in clinical development to treat the rare cancer adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC). The company has developed two proprietary and differentiated ADC platforms: Dolasynthen and Immunosynthen. Dolasynthen is a cytotoxic ADC platform that is designed to generate site-specific, homogeneous ADCs. Immunosynthen is its proprietary stimulator of interferon genes (STING)-agonist platform that is designed to generate systemically administered ADCs that locally activate STING signaling in both antigen-expressing tumor cells and in tumor-resident immune cells.