Pilatus Biosciences Receives FDA IND Clearance for PLT012, a Novel Anti-CD36 Metabolic Checkpoint Antibody
Pilatus Biosciences has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for PLT012, a first-in-class, humanized anti-CD36 monoclonal antibody. This clearance allows the company to initiate a Phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial to evaluate PLT012 in patients with solid tumors, with expansion cohorts specifically planned for tumor types strongly influenced by CD36-mediated metabolic dysregulation, such as liver and gastrointestinal cancers.
PLT012's novel mechanism of action (MOA) target...