Immunocore Holdings plc (NASDAQ:IMCR) ("Immunocore" or the "Company"), a commercial-stage biotechnology company pioneering and delivering transformative immunomodulating medicines to radically improve outcomes for patients with cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases, today announces that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 1 trial of IMC-P115C (PRAME-HLE-A02), which is a half-life extended ImmTAC candidate.
IMC-P115C was developed to improve patient convenience by reducing the frequency of treatment administration. It is Immunocore's first half-life extended candidate, and sixth ImmTAC candidate to enter the clinic. IMC-P115C is a PRAME x CD3 ImmTAC bispecific protein, with the same CD3 and targeting the same HLA-A*02:01 PRAME (PReferentially expressed Antigen in MElanoma) peptide as brenetafusp.