Triumvira Announces Grant of T Cell Antigen Coupler (TAC) Technology Patent by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

AUSTIN, Texas & HAMILTON, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triumvira Immunologics (Triumvira), a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing a novel platform for engineering T-cells to attack cancers, today announced the issuance of key claims in U.S. Patent No. 10640562 entitled “T cell-antigen coupler with various construct optimizations.” The newly allowed TAC-CD19 composition-of-matter claims build on other composition-of-matter claims previously granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office and expand the protection of the company’s TAC platform and therapeutic product candidates.

“Expanding intellectual property protection of our TAC platform is key to developing a solid technology platform, and this issuance confirms that the TAC is a well-differentiated technology,” said Dr. Paul Lammers, Triumvira’s President and CEO. “Issuance of our composition-of-matter claims further strengthens our position as a company pioneering novel engineered T cell approaches as we are bringing this innovative treatment to patients.”

Triumvira’s autologous and allogeneic preclinical data previously revealed unique biological differences of TAC-engineered T cells compared to second-generation CAR-T cells, with TAC-T cells producing greater anti-tumor efficacy and no evidence of toxicity, particularly in models of solid tumors.

About Triumvira Immunologics

Triumvira Immunologics, Inc. (“Triumvira”) is a clinical stage immunotherapy company with the vision of developing novel T-cell therapies that are safer and more efficacious than current cell therapy cancer treatments, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and engineered T-cell receptor (TCR) therapies.

Our proprietary T-cell Antigen Coupler (TAC) technology recruits the entire natural T-cell receptor and functions independent of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC), allowing for the development of better therapies for a broader range of patients with solid or liquid malignancies and with diseases other than cancer. With operations spanning North America, our corporate offices are in Austin, Texas, with our research facilities in Hamilton, Ontario.

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