Radioligand Therapy

Targeting the tumors beyond PSMA & SSTR

De novo cyclic-peptide targeting ligands that carry a therapeutic radioisotope to novel GPCR antigens — a theranostic ¹⁷⁷Lu / ²¹²Pb / ²²⁵Ac therapy paired with a ⁶⁸Ga PET companion, for the tumor antigens today's radioligand therapy doesn't reach.

Mechanism of Action

How it works: a de novo cyclic-peptide targeting ligand binds a tumor-selective GPCR, the receptor internalizes the bound payload, and ¹⁷⁷Lu delivers a localized radiation dose that breaks tumor-cell DNA — with a ⁶⁸Ga companion diagnostic to select patients and guide dose.

Radioligand therapy works — the antigen map is the bottleneck

Lutathera and Pluvicto proved that targeted ¹⁷⁷Lu radiotherapy can deliver benefit where chemotherapy fails, opening a validated regulatory and manufacturing pathway. But somatostatin receptors and PSMA address only a small fraction of addressable oncology — the rest of the tumor-antigen landscape remains out of reach.

GPCRs are the largest druggable family, with highly tumor-selective expression profiles — and our de novo design approach lets us build novel, patent-pending targeting ligands for them from scratch, before any wet-lab spend.

Our approach

De novo targeting ligands

Cyclic peptides designed from scratch to a chosen GPCR — novel, patent-pending compositions, engineered for selectivity against the closest receptor relatives.

Theranostic by design

A chelator handle carries the matched radioisotope — ¹⁷⁷Lu, ²¹²Pb, or ²²⁵Ac for therapy, ⁶⁸Ga for a companion PET diagnostic that selects patients and guides dose.

Therapeutic window

Tumor-selective GPCRs with low normal-tissue expression — the basis for a favorable radiation therapeutic window, assessed target by target.

RLT programs

Full pipeline

AX-OR51E2

Patent pending

Target

OR51E2 (PSGR)

Indication

Castration-resistant prostate cancer (beyond-PSMA)

A beyond-PSMA prostate antigen retained in CRPC — where PSMA-RLT loses its target.

AX-GRPR

Patent pending

Target

GRPR (BB2)

Indication

Prostate / ER+ breast cancer

The PSMA-complement — a de novo non-bombesin ligand, designed selective and salivary-sparing.

AX-KISS1R

Patent pending

Target

KISS1R (GPR54)

Indication

Endometrial carcinoma

Among the cleanest normal-tissue windows in the portfolio.

Preclinical · de novo-designed cyclic peptides · ¹⁷⁷Lu / ²¹²Pb / ²²⁵Ac therapy + ⁶⁸Ga companion diagnostic · sequences and data shared under CDA.

Building an RLT pipeline?

We partner on novel, ownable GPCR antigens — out-license, option, or co-develop. Detailed data and IP status are shared under CDA.

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