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Committed to developing novel immunotherapies

Oricell Therapeutics was founded in 2015 as an innovative biopharmaceutical company in China. It is committed to developing tumor cellular immunotherapeutics through its own innovative technology platforms. Oricell has applied for over 100 invention patents (including 6 PCT), with 10 already granted.


Oricell Therapeutics’ mission is to develop affordable drugs for unmet clinical needs worldwide. It has built several proprietary technology platforms based on tumor cell immunotherapy, including Ori®Ab and Ori®CAR. Oricell Therapeutics has broken through several of the bottlenecks facing CAR-T for solid tumors in terms of antibody engineering construction technology, tumor immune microenvironment regulation, T cell infiltration and killing ability. The first CAR-T product developed by the company, targeting GPC-3 received positive data from an exploratory clinical study, which was presented at ASCO 2021. The product then received IND approval from NMPA in September 2022. Oricell has presented the clinical research data of its proprietary CAR-T cell therapy targeting GPRC5D (OriCar-017) for the treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (R/R MM) reported in oral presentation at ASCO 2022 annual meeting and the product has received orphan drug designation by US FDA. Its follow-up data was published on Lancet Haematology in Janurary 2023. Oricell’s first independently-developed immune checkpoint (PD-L1/4-1BB) bispecific antibody drug YN051 (ATG101) was licensed to Antengene Corporation (B.6996) for a down payment + milestone of US$142 million for continued development. The program has received approvals and is under way in Australia, the U.S. and China for phase I clinical trial.


Currently, Oricell Therapeutics has over 10 cellular drug pipelines for solid tumor therapies. Oricell focuses on indications with a wide range of therapeutic needs, including liver, ovarian, gastric, cervical and non-small cell lung cancer, as well as multiple myeloma. With the corporate goal of becoming an innovation-driven global leader in the creation of new tumor immunotherapeutics, Oricell Therapeutics has established an international product development and operations management team, as well as GMP-compliant manufacturing facilities and quality testing and management systems, to continue to explore and develop therapeutically effective, differentiated and affordable drugs through its own innovative technology platforms. The company seeks to create new opportunities for the development of innovative China-made drugs. Oricell has raised over $120 million USD in series B financing in July 2022.

To become the world-leading developer of novel drugs for tumor immunotherapy

Oricell Therapeutics was founded in 2015 as an innovative biopharmaceutical company in China. It is committed to developing tumor cellular immunotherapeutics through its own innovative technology platforms. Oricell has applied for over 100 invention patents (including 6 PCT), with 10 already granted.


Oricell Therapeutics’ mission is to develop affordable drugs for unmet clinical needs worldwide. It has built several proprietary technology platforms based on tumor cell immunotherapy, including Ori®Ab and Ori®CAR. Oricell Therapeutics has broken through several of the bottlenecks facing CAR-T for solid tumors in terms of antibody engineering construction technology, tumor immune microenvironment regulation, T cell infiltration and killing ability. The first CAR-T product developed by the company, targeting GPC-3 received positive data from an exploratory clinical study, which was presented at ASCO 2021. The product then received IND approval from NMPA in September 2022. Oricell has presented the clinical research data of its proprietary CAR-T cell therapy targeting GPRC5D (OriCar-017) for the treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (R/R MM) reported in oral presentation at ASCO 2022 annual meeting and the product has received orphan drug designation by US FDA. Its follow-up data was published on Lancet Haematology in Janurary 2023. Oricell’s first independently-developed immune checkpoint (PD-L1/4-1BB) bispecific antibody drug YN051 (ATG101) was licensed to Antengene Corporation (B.6996) for a down payment + milestone of US$142 million for continued development. The program has received approvals and is under way in Australia, the U.S. and China for phase I clinical trial.


Currently, Oricell Therapeutics has over 10 cellular drug pipelines for solid tumor therapies. Oricell focuses on indications with a wide range of therapeutic needs, including liver, ovarian, gastric, cervical and non-small cell lung cancer, as well as multiple myeloma. With the corporate goal of becoming an innovation-driven global leader in the creation of new tumor immunotherapeutics, Oricell Therapeutics has established an international product development and operations management team, as well as GMP-compliant manufacturing facilities and quality testing and management systems, to continue to explore and develop therapeutically effective, differentiated and affordable drugs through its own innovative technology platforms. The company seeks to create new opportunities for the development of innovative China-made drugs. Oricell has raised over $120 million USD in series B financing in July 2022.

Innovative Technology Platforms
  • Ori®Ab
    Antibody discovery technology platform
    A series of high-performance antibodies/CAR-T drug candidates have been developed independently by our company to enhance the synergistic effects between the pipelines.

    The antibody development platform established by our company possesses independent intellectual property rights, which, like a rich mineral deposit, contains large-capacity, diversified 1011 fully-humanized phage display antibody library and the 1010 synthetic nanobody library. This platform can satisfy the development needs of antibodies and CAR T-cell drugs for different indications. A series of high-affinity fully-humanized antibody drug candidate molecules, such as anti-BCMA, GPC-3, PD-L1, IL-17, and 4-1BB antibodies and ScFv- and VH-based CAR-T cells with synergistic effects have been successfully developed.

    There are two major development strategies for our antibody platform. One is to provide targets with a good synergistic effect for CAR-T products, enhancing competitive advantages enjoyed by the company's CAR-T products; the other is to further develop suitable CAR-T targets into antibody drug candidates, so as to yield profits and increase the value of the company through the authorization or cooperative development.

    Ori®Ab
    CAR-T technology platform with high memory and high vitality
    A series of high-performance antibodies/CAR-T drug candidates have been developed independently by our company to enhance the synergistic effects between the pipelines.

    The antibody development platform established by our company possesses independent intellectual property rights, which, like a rich mineral deposit, contains large-capacity, diversified 1011 fully-humanized phage display antibody library and the 1010 synthetic nanobody library. This platform can satisfy the development needs of antibodies and CAR T-cell drugs for different indications. A series of high-affinity fully-humanized antibody drug candidate molecules, such as anti-BCMA, GPC-3, PD-L1, IL-17, and 4-1BB antibodies and ScFv- and VH-based CAR-T cells with synergistic effects have been successfully developed.

    There are two major development strategies for our antibody platform. One is to provide targets with a good synergistic effect for CAR-T products, enhancing competitive advantages enjoyed by the company's CAR-T products; the other is to further develop suitable CAR-T targets into antibody drug candidates, so as to yield profits and increase the value of the company through the authorization or cooperative development.

  • Ori®CAR
    CAR-T technology platform with high memory and high vitality

    We have constructed a novel and exclusively unique signal activation domain element Ori. After being inserted into the Next Generation CAR structure, it can increase the expansion efficiency of memory immune cells by several folds, effectively breaking through the physical barriers of the extracellular matrix in TME, resisting the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, significantly enhancing the anti-tumor activity and durability of CAR T-cells in vivo, and preventing recurrence. In addition, low-dose administration is allowed for CAR T-cell therapy involving a high proportion of memory T cells, which further reduces the safety risk caused by the drug itself.

    We have achieved full application of the automated closed-type production process, which effectively reduces the production and preparation costs and improves the affordability of the medications for patients.

    Ori®CAR-T technology platform with high memory and high vitality

    We have constructed a novel and exclusively unique signal activation domain element Ori. After being inserted into the Next Generation CAR structure, it can increase the expansion efficiency of memory immune cells by several folds, effectively breaking through the physical barriers of the extracellular matrix in TME, resisting the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, significantly enhancing the anti-tumor activity and durability of CAR T-cells in vivo, and preventing recurrence. In addition, low-dose administration is allowed for CAR T-cell therapy involving a high proportion of memory T cells, which further reduces the safety risk caused by the drug itself.

    We have achieved full application of the automated closed-type production process, which effectively reduces the production and preparation costs and improves the affordability of the medications for patients.

  • Ori®TIL
    Stable and controllable cell culture platform for efficient expansion

    OriCell Therapeutics Ori®TIL: This fast-expansion cell culture technology platform utilizes three major technical tools to break through the bottlenecks, including the difficulty in in vitro TIL expansion, lack of specific tumor residue detection method, and high preparation costs;

    The tumor-killing activity and purity of young TIL cells have been enhanced. The tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM) are strengthened with a shortening of the cell culture cycle, thereby ensuring their effectiveness in clinical use;

    A general-purpose new detection method has been developed to enable detections below the lower limit. The product has definite components and controllable quality of T-cells, thereby ensuring the safety of reinfusion preparations;

    A closed-type production system is utilized, thereby reducing the average preparation costs related to reagent consumables (culture media and cell factors), equipment, personnel, and venues. In this way, we can improve the affordability of clinical treatment.

    Ori®TIL
    Stable and controllable cell culture platform for efficient expansion

    OriCell Therapeutics Ori®TIL: This fast-expansion cell culture technology platform utilizes three major technical tools to break through the bottlenecks, including the difficulty in in vitro TIL expansion, lack of specific tumor residue detection method, and high preparation costs;

    The tumor-killing activity and purity of young TIL cells have been enhanced. The tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM) are strengthened with a shortening of the cell culture cycle, thereby ensuring their effectiveness in clinical use;

    A general-purpose new detection method has been developed to enable detections below the lower limit. The product has definite components and controllable quality of T-cells, thereby ensuring the safety of reinfusion preparations;

    A closed-type production system is utilized, thereby reducing the average preparation costs related to reagent consumables (culture media and cell factors), equipment, personnel, and venues. In this way, we can improve the affordability of clinical treatment.

Investors
  • C&D Emerging Industry Equity Investment

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  • Origincell

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  • Qiming Venture Partners

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  • Yijing Capital

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C&D Emerging Industry Equity Investment

C&D Emerging Industry Equity Investment is an enterprise-level venture capital institution supported by the C&D Group, a Fortune 500 enterprise. Founded in 2014, the company carries out the mission of "exploring new values and helping more growth-type new-economy enterprises achieve better development". C&D Emerging Industry Equity Investment focuses on new economy sectors such as healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and TMT/consumption.

Origincell

Origincell is the founding shareholder of Origincell Therapeutics, which was jointly established in 2014 by Canature Health (300272), a GEM-listed company, and its founder, Mr. Qu Jianguo. With a first-phase investment of 1.5 billion yuan, Origincell has built three industrial parks covering an area of 80 acres and having a construction area of nearly 100,000 square meters in the core zone of Zhangjiang Science City. These three industrial parks have also attracted many other biomedical innovation enterprises with great potentials. Origincell also owns the following subsidiaries: Origincell Biological Cryo Equipment Co., Ltd., specialized in R&D and production of cell cryopreservation equipment; Yuantian Biotechnology Co., Ltd., specialized in stem cell and exosome research and cell preparation and culture services; Origincell-Bank Co., Ltd., specialized in automated and intelligent cell preservation services. These subsidiaries constitute a complete industrial chain. The total number of patents applied by the Origincell has exceeded 300, which indicates stable development and bright prospects. 

Qiming Venture Partners

Qiming Venture Partners, founded in 2006, is currently managing 7 phases of USD funds and 5 phases of RMB funds. The total assets under its management are more than 4 billion USD. Qiming Venture Partners focuses on investing in exceptional firms in the TMT and Healthcare fields at the start-up and growth stages. Since its founding, Qiming Venture Partners has been highly acknowledged for its outstanding investment performance by investors from China and all over the world and has become a top-choice investment institution for entrepreneurs. Qiming Venture Partners has risen to the top in many reputable rankings of China's venture capital business. It has collaborated with many excellent high-tech entrepreneurs to create unicorn and listed enterprises.

Yijing Capital

Yijing Capital, founded in 2015, is mainly engaged in primary market equity investment and fund of funds (FOF) investment using its own funds and privately offered funds. Adhering to the concept of "helping enterprises innovate and grow, promoting industrial optimization and upgrading, and boosting social development and progress", Yijing Capital focuses on areas including big health industry, TMT & big consumption, and hard and core technology. It is specialized in investing in high-value high-tech innovative enterprises at their start-up and growth stages. As to the medical field, Yijing Capital has invested in many industry-leading enterprises, including Leto Laboratories, Our United Corp., Hanyu Medical, SS Innovations, WELLEM Pediatrics, and MedSci.

Clinical Center

We have established a strategic partnership with a number of grade-A tertiary hospitals to accelerate clinical medicine transformation

  • Zhongshan Hospital
  • Renji Hospital
  • Changzheng Hospital
  • Shanghai General Hospital
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
  • Lishui Central Hospital