Locations
Cambridge, MA, USA
industry
Biotechnology
Size
11 - 50 employees
Stage
Other
founded in
2021
Convergent Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing radiopharmaceutical therapies for prostate cancer. The company's proprietary technology involves dual-targeted radionuclide therapy developed by Dr. Neil Bander, Professor of Urologic Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine, and licensed to Convergent by Cornell University. CONV 01-α, a monoclonal antibody conjugated with 225Ac, a radioactive alpha particle emitter, was specifically designed to bind to the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). A key functional feature of CONV 01-α is that, once bound to PSMA, it becomes internalized, thereby delivering its powerful radioactive payload directly into the prostate cancer cells. CONV 01-α is covered by multiple issued U.S. and foreign patents. If FDA-approved, CONV 01-α would be the first antibody approved to direct a radioisotope to prostate cancer and the first drug approved for the use of 225Ac in a cancer treatment.
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