Dragonfly Therapeutics
About Dragonfly Therapeutics
Dragonfly Therapeutics is a discovery-stage company developing drugs to stimulate immune responses against cancer. We are developing novel first-in-class therapeutics targeted at natural killer cells and other cells of the innate immune system. Our scientific founders are major figures in cancer biology and immunology and have launched Dragonfly to harness the power of the immune system to provide breakthrough cancer treatments for patients.YEAR FOUNDED:
July 2015
LEADERSHIP
Co-Founder and CEO: William Haney
Co-Founder: Dr. Tyler Jacks
Co-Founder: Dr. David Raulet
24 articles with Dragonfly Therapeutics
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Merck and Dragonfly, Together Again
11/24/2021
Merck opted to license its second TriNKET immunotherapy candidate from Dragonfly Therapeutics. The option came one year after Merck licensed its first immunotherapy candidate. -
Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces Sixth Dragonfly Drug to be Licensed by Bristol Myers Squibb and Receipt of Milestone Payments Following First Patient Dosing of Two TriNKET™ Immunotherapies
10/18/2021
The company announces its sixth drug licensed by Bristol Myers Squibb, and the first patients enrolled and dosed in Phase 1 clinical trials evaluating its CC-96191 and CC-92328 NK cell engager therapies in patients with hematologic malignancies.
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Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces AbbVie Opt-In of TriNKET™ Immunotherapy Drug Candidate
1/12/2021
Dragonfly to receive payment for the first Opt-In from AbbVie as part of a multi-target collaboration launched just over 1 year ago.
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Dragonfly Therapeutics and Bristol Myers Squibb Announce Exclusive Global License for Dragonfly’s IL-12 Investigational Immunotherapy Program
8/17/2020
Agreement Includes DF6002, With Potential to Advance Treatment of Solid Tumors and Hematology Indications
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Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with AbbVie for Autoimmune Diseases and Oncology
11/20/2019
Dragonfly Therapeutics ("Dragonfly"), a biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies that harness the innate immune system to treat disease, and AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced a multi-target research collaboration designed to advance a number of Dragonfly's novel NK cell engager-based immunotherapies for autoimmune and oncology indications.
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At the center of the agreement are Dragonfly’s novel NK cell engager-based immunotherapies.
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Dragonfly Therapeutics Adds World-Leading Cancer Immunotherapy Pioneer to its Scientific Advisory Board
8/6/2019
Dr. Alan Korman, renowned for his work leading to the development the first approved checkpoint inhibitor cancer therapies, joins Dragonfly's scientific team.
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Both Nobel Prize Winner and World-Leading Clinician Join Dragonfly Therapeutics' Scientific Leadership Team
4/10/2019
Dr. Allison joins Nobel Prize winner Harold Varmus, M.D., and an outstanding group of clinicians and scientists on Dragonfly's Scientific Advisory Board.
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MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dragonfly Therapeutics announce strategic collaboration to take new immunotherapy candidates into clinical trials
1/15/2019
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centerand Dragonfly Therapeutics, Inc., today announced a strategic collaboration to bring Dragonfly’s TriNKET™ (tri-specific natural killer cell engager therapy) immunotherapy drug candidates to patients in clinical trials beginning in 2019.
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Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces Celgene In-license of First Two TriNKET™ Immunotherapy Drug Candidates
12/13/2018
Celgene licenses two TriNKET™ immunotherapy drug candidates built by Dragonfly for $24m plus milestones and royalties
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Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces Expansion of its Strategic Collaboration with Celgene, Doubling the Number of Programs and Including Targets for Solid Tumor Indications
11/14/2018
Celgene receives options to double its access to Dragonfly candidate natural killer (NK) cell engager immunotherapies, expanding to a total of eight collaboration targets between the two companies, and broadening the collaboration to include solid tumor targets
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Dragonfly Therapeutics Adds World-Leading Cancer Immunotherapy Experts to its Scientific Advisory Board
10/8/2018
Dragonfly Therapeutics, Inc. ("Dragonfly"), today announced the addition of world-leading cancer immunotherapy experts Dr. Elizabeth M. Jaffee, Dr. Suzanne Topalian, and Dr. Lewis Lanier, to its Scientific Advisory Board.
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Dragonfly Therapeutics struck a licensing agreement worth up to $695 million with Merck. Merck will license exclusive rights to Dragonfly’s TriNKET technology platform for a number of solid-tumor programs, the company announced today.
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Dragonfly Therapeutics Announces New Multi-Target Collaboration with Merck to Use Dragonfly's Proprietary TriNKET™ Platform to Develop Novel Drug Candidates for Patients with Solid Tumors
10/1/2018
Merck receives exclusive options to license a number of Dragonfly's candidate natural killer (NK) cell engager immunotherapies for solid tumor malignancies.
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Pioneer in Taking Immunotherapies Through the Clinic Joins Dragonfly Therapeutics as CMO
1/29/2018
Dr. Cuillerot will head clinical development of Dragonfly's novel Natural Killer cell-based immunotherapies.
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Dragonfly Appoints World Leader In NK Therapeutics As Chief Scientific Officer
6/26/2017
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Disney-Backed Dragonfly Nabs $33 Million From Biotech Bestie Celgene
6/13/2017
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Dragonfly Adds Natural Killer Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapy Expert To Its Scientific Advisory Board
5/23/2017
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Dragonfly Announces Head Of Biology
5/16/2017
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Dragonfly Completes New Investment Round
5/15/2017