Evaxion A/S, a clinical-stage TechBio company, has expanded its R&D pipeline with the addition of EVX-04, an AI-designed precision cancer vaccine candidate.
EVX-04 is currently in preclinical development and will be pursued as a therapeutic vaccine against acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
EVX-04 is designed to target non-conventional ERV (endogenous retrovirus) tumor antigens from the dark genome, which are present in tumors but absent in normal tissue.
Evaxion has identified ERV antigens in patient tumor sequencing data using its proprietary AI-Immunology platform.
Author's summary: Evaxion expands pipeline with AI-designed cancer vaccine candidate.