Sutro Biopharma Inc

NASDAQ:STRO

Sutro Biopharma Inc. engages in the drug discovery, development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California and currently employs 224 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2018-09-27. The company is focused on deploying its integrated cell-free protein synthesis and site-specific conjugation platform, XpressCF, to create a variety of protein therapeutics, initially for cancer. The company is engaged in designing therapeutics using potent modalities, including cytokine-based therapeutics, immuno-oncology agents, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and bispecific antibodies that are directed against clinically validated targets. Its product candidate includes STRO-002 and STRO-001. STRO-002, is an ADC directed against folate receptor-alpha, for patients with FolRα-expressing cancers, such as ovarian and endometrial cancers. STRO-001, is an ADC directed against CD74, for patients with B-cell malignancies, such as multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Its product candidates are designed and optimized for therapeutic index by placing linker-warheads at specific locations within the antibody.