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This presentation contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding Agenus’, MiNK’s, and SaponiQx’s clinical development and regulatory plans (including the scope of any regulatory approval and the ability to obtain priority review) and timelines for product candidates including balstilimab, zalifrelimab, AGEN1181, AGEN1327, AGEN1777, AGEN2373, and AGENT-797; our pipeline’s potential to meet multiple blockbuster opportunities; anticipated safety and efficacy based on the design of clinical candidates; goals for 2021 and 2022; anticipated commercial market opportunities (including partnering and licensing opportunities); our ability to collect milestone and royalty payments; our ability to continue to self-finance Agenus; our ability to develop first in class drug candidates, adjuvants, antigens and formulations, and our ability to meet manufacturing demands. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the factors described under the Risk Factors section of our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and made available on our website at www.agenusbio.com. Agenus cautions investors not to place considerable reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation. These statements speak only as of the date of this presentation, and Agenus undertakes no obligation to update or revise the statements, other than to the extent required by law. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement
Forward-Looking Statements
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Agenus’ Comprehensive and Sustainable Business Model and Strategy
Direct product revenue & profits
Annuity income from licensed products
The Agenus Team
Supportive
Programs
Key Operational
Capabilities
• Commercial manufacturing
• Commercial readiness
• VISION research engine
Significant Value
Creators
• AGEN1181
• AGEN2373
• AGENT-797 (iNKTs)
• QS21 StimulonTM
Potential Cash
Generators
• Collaborator programs
‒ 10 clinical programs
‒ $2.8B milestones + royalties
• MiNK
• SaponiQx
• New collaborations
• Balstilimab
• Zalifrelimab
• Clinical collaborations
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* Includes AGENT-797 IND filing. **Includes $20M milestone payment that has been triggered from BMS following dosing of first patient with AGEN1777.
SHINGRIX is a registered trademark of GSK
Sustainable Ecosystem of Innovation
2020SALES~$2.7BN
Recent BMS collaboration provided
$200M upfront, up to $1.34Bn
remaining in milestones, plus royalties
SUSTAINABLE
ECOSYSTEM OF
INNOVATION
Durable and Dynamic
Research and Development
Engine
Emerging Leader in Immuno-Oncology
Unique Track Record of
Sustainable Self-Financing
$805MIN PARTNERSHIPS & TRANSACTIONS**
YRS*
17 INDsDELIVERED
IN THE PAST5Integrated R&D approach
delivers accelerated timelines
and continuous innovation
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UNPRECEDENTED EARLY
CLINICAL RESPONSES
NEXT-GEN
CTLA-4
BALSTILIMAB IN 2L CERVICAL CANCER
DIFFERENTIATED
PD-1
Significant Value Creators
AGEN1181: Next-generation Fc-enhanced CTLA-4AGENT-797: Clinical-stage Allogeneic iNKT Cell Therapy Platform (MiNK)AGEN2373: Conditionally Active CD137QS21 StimulonTM: Proven Vaccine Adjuvant (SaponiQx)
AGEN1181: Next-Generation Fc-enhanced CTLA-4 AntibodyStatus: Phase 1/2 ongoing with 100+ patients enrolled across multiple tumor types
Source: Capital IQ, El-Khoueiry et al. SITC 2021 Poster 479, Shapiro et al. AACR 2021 Poster 1677, Tanne et al. AACR 2021 Poster 1878, O’Day et al. SITC 2020 Poster 734.
• First anti-CTLA-4 antibody to demonstrate clinical activity in 9 cold, treatment-resistant tumors as
monotherapy and in combination with PD-1 (balstilimab)
• Designed to:
✓ Expand curative benefits of I-O to cold tumors that do not respond to approved immunotherapies
✓ Improve clinical benefit in hot tumors such as melanoma where I-O is effective, but not for all patients
✓ Optimize therapeutic window to reduce or eliminate side effects that influence treatment discontinuation
• Combination partner for PD-1, chemo, cell therapy, and broad range of next generation cancer therapies
• Potential for rapid path to market in hot and cold tumors supported by early clincial data
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AGEN1181 Optimizes CTLA-4 Activity for Enhanced Patient Benefit
Expanded Patient Reach
✓ Engineered to optimally engage all variants of FcyRIIIA, unlike current CTLA-4 antibodies that bind poorly to low affinity variants
✓ Expected to extend therapeutic benefit to the 40% of patients who express the low affinity FcyRIIIA receptor and are unlikely to respond to current CTLA-4 antibodies
Enhanced Potency
✓ Improves quality of the ‘immune synapse’ between T cells and APCs, boosting T cell activation, priming, and memory formation
✓ Enhances depletion of intratumoral Tregs, potent suppressors of antitumor immunity contributing to immunotherapy resistance
✓ Combination synergy potential with a range of therapies, including chemo, cell therapy, vaccines, and other checkpoint therapies
Improved Safety
✓ Avoids complement binding, mitigating difficult-to-treat side effects such as hypophysitis(no cases reported in clinic to date)
✓ Broader therapeutic index – no clinical abnormalities detected in NHP models (up to 100mg/kg)
Optimized front end
High binding affinity to CTLA-4
Fc-enhanced back
end
Improved
T cell activation,
priming, intra-tumoral
Treg depletion
7 Source: El-Khoueiry et al. SITC 2021 Poster 479, Shapiro et al. AACR 2021, Tanne et al. AACR 2021 Poster 1878, O’Day et al. SITC 2020 Poster 734, Tanne et al. AACR 2020 Poster 922
AGEN11811st generation
molecules
Conditionally active
molecules
Non-fucosylated
Bispecifics
EFFICACY
Novel Fc-mechanism promotes
better T cell priming and Treg
depletion1
SAFETY
Expected to avoid complement-
dependent irAEs
(e.g. hypophysitis)2
PATIENT REACH
Expands population 3X via improved
binding to CD16 (FcyRIIIA) for low
(F/F) & high affinity allele patients1
1Tanne et al. AACR 2020. 2O’Day et al. SITC 2020.
(e.g. ipilimumab) (e.g. BMS ProBody®) (e.g. BMS) (e.g. Macrogenics)
AGEN1181: Advantageous vs Every Competitor Class
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AGEN1181 +/- balstilimab demonstrates benefit in multiple cancers
Source: El-Khoueiry et al. SITC 2021 Poster 479.* Indicates PD-1 relapsed/refractory patient; + indicates response ongoing (data cut-off Sept 17 2021)
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• Interim readout of a Phase I dose escalation study of AGEN1181
monotherapy and combination with balstilimab included responses
across 9 cold & treatment refractory cancers (SITC 2021)
• Evidence of monotherapy activity, with four cases of confirmed
objective response
‒ First reported response to CTLA-4 monotherapy in MSS-
endometrial, pancreatic, and PD-1 refractory cervical cancer
• 17 objective responses across MSS colorectal cancer, ovarian
cancer, MSS endometrial cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer,
cervical cancer, visceral angiosarcoma, NSCLC, leiomyosarcoma
• Multiple responses in patients expressing the low affinity FcyRIIIA
receptor (F/F), who are unlikely to respond to 1st generation CTLA-4
• No cases of hypophysitis, pneumonitis, or high-grade hepatitis
• Phase 2/3 trials initiating in colorectal and gynecological cancers
Clinical Highlights (SITC 2021)
AGEN1181 + balstilimab benefits majority of MSS-CRC patientsInitiating Phase 2/3 study in MSS-CRC
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AGEN1181 Monotherapy
AGEN1181 + Balstilimab
Regorafenib or TAS-102
Endpoints:
ORR, DOR,
PFS, OS,
Safety,
Biomarkers
R
Phase I Data – MSS CRC Phase II/III Study Design
Target Population Unmet Need
Chemo-refractoryStandard of care options offers OS of 6-9 months and
ORR of ~2%
Source: El-Khoueiry et al. SITC 2021 Poster 479.
MSS CRC patients treated with ≥1 mg/kg AGEN1181 plus balstilimab
• 4 responses of 20 evaluable patients
• 10 stable disease
• 70% disease control rate
AGEN1181 +/- balstilimab benefits majority of GYN patientsInitiating Phase 2 study in Ovarian and MSS-Endometrial cancers
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Phase I Data – GYN Phase II Study Design
Cohort Target Population Unmet Need
OvarianPlatinum resistant /
refractory
• No effective SOC after progression on chemo
• Benefit of PARP restricted to HRD+ patients
• Alternative single-agent chemotherapies have
significant toxicity and poor clinical outcomes
MSS
Endometrial
Failure after / ineligible
for pembrolizumab +
lenvatinib
No standard of care exists
AGEN1181 Monotherapy
AGEN1181 + Balstilimab
Endpoints:
ORR, DOR,
PFS, OS,
Safety,
Biomarkers
R• 3 responses of 3 evaluable endometrial patients
• 3 responses, 2 stable disease of 9 evaluable ovarian patients
Source: El-Khoueiry et al. SITC 2021 Poster 479.
Patients with ovarian cancer treated with ≥1 mg/kg AGEN1181 plus balstilimab; MSS endometrial patients treated with monotherapy or lower combination dosing as indicated.
Curative potential with iNKT
activating cell therapy
CTLA-4 Also Complements Other Oncology MechanismsPotential to become a key backbone therapy in I-O
Curative potential in
vaccine combos
Significant tumor control with
standard of care therapies
Enhanced T cell responsiveness
in TIGIT combos
12 Source: Tanne et al. AACR 2020.
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1 Initiating Phase 2/3 studies in MSS-CRC and GYN tumors (ovarian, MSS endometrial)
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3 Explore additional fast to market strategies in large indications with no effective therapies
Next Steps with AGEN1181Goal: Revolutionize CTLA-4 therapy
4 Pursue additional AGEN1181 combination synergies beyond PD-1
Initiating combination study with AGEN2373 (CD137 agonist) in PD-1 R/R melanoma
AGEN2373
• CD137 agonist monoclonal antibody
• Designed to be conditionally active to selectively
enhance tumor immunity while mitigating side effects
associated with systemic CD137 activation
Phase I Update
• Prolonged disease stabilization in heavily pretreated
patients with advanced solid tumors
• Good tolerability; no liver toxicity reported
• Initiating combination studies with AGEN1181 in PD-1
relapsed or refractory melanoma
Source: Tolcher et al. ASCO 2021
AGEN2373 for Optimal CD137 & FcγR TargetingStatus: Phase 1b underway
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iNKT Cells
• Distinct T cell population with rapid activation kinetics of innate immune
cells and effector functions of adaptive T cells
• Naturally promote protective immunity and limit pathological immune
activation
• Orchestrate innate and adaptive immune responses in cancer, GvHD
and infectious disease
Key Properties:
• Home to tumors and activation by CD1d and stress ligands - potent
tumor killing
• Dampen inflammatory donor T-cell activity to suppress GVHD
• Activated through CD1d to secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines to clear
infections
• Invariant T-cell receptor, no Graft versus Host Disease
• Scalable manufacturing, cost efficient
Independent allo-iNKT cell therapy company with access to Agenus’ antibodies (IPO launched Oct 2021)
• AgenT-797 demonstrated 77% survival in elderly mechanically ventilated patients with severe ARDS secondary to COVID-19*
• AgenT-797 showed early signs of tumor biomarker suppression in r/r multiple myeloma with disease stabilization for >6 months*
AGENT-797: MiNK TherapeuticsiNKT cells combine innate and adaptive immunity
Mechanism / Indication Product Preclinical Phase 1 Next Milestone
Native iNKT Cells
On
co
log
y
Solid Tumors
r/r NSCLC, SCCHN,
Metastatic Melanoma,
HCC2
AGENT-797
H1-22: Phase 1 read-out
AGENT-797+ Checkpoint Antibodies
r/r Multiple Myeloma AGENT-797 Q4-21: Phase 1 read-out
Imm
un
e
Me
dia
ted
Dis
ea
se
s GvHD AGENT-797 H2-22: Phase 1 read-out
ARDS Secondary to
COVID-19 AGENT-797 Q4-21: Phase 1 read-out
Engineered iNKT Cells
BCMA-CAR-iNKT By Q4-22: IND clearance
Stromal target-CAR-iNKT By Q4-22: IND clearance
*presented at SITC November 12, 2021
Secure Supply Chain:
Removes raw material
constraints and
heterogeneity faced by
competitors
Scalable Supply:
Scalable process designed
to meet current needs &
future pandemic threats
Comparable:
Bark and cell culture QS21
have comparable chemical
& biological properties
Cost Advantage:
Cell culture manufacturing
significantly reduces cost
of goods relative to bark
extract
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Cell Culture QS21 Stimulon™: SaponiQxProprietary manufacturing process solves today’s supply constraints with bark extract QS21
Gen1Treebark-
based
Purifying a naturalproduct
chemically extracted from a
rare tree in Chile
● Current adjuvant inShingrix™
Gen2 Cell culture-
based
Transitioning to asustainable
and highly scalable product
made with plant cell cultures,
enabled by partnership with
Phyton Biotech
● Secure supplychain with
consistent quality and scale-
able production
● Environmentally sustainable
● Improved manufacturing
Producing QS21 Stimulon™
and QS7 as well as engineered
derivatives fora new generation
of tailoredadjuvants
Gen3Foundry-based
● Tailored immune activity to
maximize therapeutic
benefit
● Expanded IP opportunities
● Improved manufacturing
Gen4High-velocity
vaccine platform
Developing a modular vaccine
platform designed to rapidly
integrate antigen, adjuvant,
and carrier into a potent
system for best-in-class
formulations against
existing, emerging, and
personalized antigens
● Pandemic threats
● Autogenous and Allogenic
Cancer Vaccines
● ChronicDisease
● InfectiousDisease
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Beyond QS21: Building an Integrated Vaccine PlatformApplying AI, automation, and biology to build portfolio of best-in-class adjuvants, antigens & formulations
Potential Cash Generators
New Collaborations
Collaborator Milestones
MiNK
SaponiQx
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• $200M upfront cash payment received
• $20M milestone payment triggered following dosing of first patient with AGEN1777
• Up to $1.34B in additional milestone payments
• Double-digit royalties up to mid-teens percent
Financials
Optionality
• Option to conduct clinical studies under the development plan
• Option to access AGEN1777 for combination studies with certain pipeline agents
• Option to co-fund a minority of global development costs for increased US royalties
up to the low-twenties percent
• Option to co-promote AGEN1777 in the US
New Collaborations: BMS Case StudyPotential first-in-class and best-in-class anti-TIGIT asset
Collaborator MilestonesEligible for up to $2.8B+ in additional milestone payments
20 * Xoma eligible to receive 10% of milestones and 33% of royalties from Merck and Incyte transactions
AGEN1777 (TIGIT bispecific)
• Up to $1.34B in aggregate milestones remaining plus double-digit royalties
AGEN2373 (CD137)
• Up to $575M in option fees and aggregate milestones remaining plus up to mid-teen royalties
INCAGN1876 (GITR), INCAGN1949 (OX40), INCAGN2390 (TIM-3), INCAGN2385 (LAG-3)
• Up to $500M in aggregate milestones remaining plus up to low double-digit royalties*
Zalifrelimab (1st gen CTLA-4) for local delivery of urinary tract cancers
• Up to $200M in aggregate milestones remaining plus up to low-twenties royalties
Balstilimab (PD-1) & zalifrelimab (1st gen CTLA-4) in Greater China
• Up to $100M in aggregate milestones remaining plus up to low-twenties royalties
MK-4830 (ILT4)
• Up to $85M in aggregate milestones remaining plus royalties*
SHINGRIX (HCR royalty monetization)
• $25.25M upon Shingrix reaching $2.75B LTM net sales any time before 2026
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• Pioneering the discovery, development and commercialization of allogeneic, off-the-
shelf, iNKT cell therapies for cancer and immune-mediated diseases
• IPO launch in October 2021 with $46M raised
• Agenus owns ~79% of total shares outstanding
• Building an innovative adjuvant platform to deliver both sustainable and secure
manufacturing approaches for saponin-based adjuvants (including QS-21 Stimulon™)
• Developing novel adjuvants and more effective formulations with optimized antigen-
adjuvant pairings
Third Party Financing: Cell Therapy & VaccinesFinancing our diversified I-O engine
Supportive Programs
Balstilimab
Zalifrelimab
Clinical Collaborations
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• 20% ORR in PD-L1 (+) patients; ~40% improvement to pembrolizumab2
• All-comers ORR of 15%, with a median duration of response of 15.4 months
Balstilimab
Monotherapy1
Balstilimab +
Zalifrelimab
• 33% ORR in PD-L1 (+) patients; 26% ORR in all-comers presented at ESMO 2021
• Expands benefit of anti-PD-1 alone
• Combination strategy update in 2H 2021
Balstilimab and Zalifrelimab in 2L Cervical Cancer
1 https://investor.agenusbio.com/news-releases/news-release-details/agenus-provides-update-balstilimab-development2 Chung HC et al., J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun 10;37(17):1470-1478.
Advantages of Balstilimab (“Bal”) Combinations
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Bal clinical data supports a differentiated mechanism; bal+1181 combination data may offer expanded and greater performance
• Bal showed responses in 2L cervical in both PD-L1+ (20%) and PD-L1- (8%) patients (n=140); compared to pembro responses of 14% and 0% (n=77)
• Bal has been validated with its superior anti-tumor activity in PD-L1- tumors in compared to other PD-1 therapies (pembrolizumab, nivolumab)
• Bal+1181 combo is active in cancers unresponsive to I-O (MSS-CRC, MSS-endometrial, ovarian, angiosarcoma, PD-1 r/r NSCLC, leiomyosarcoma)
• Initiating dose escalation/selection with a different PD-1 will cost time and present additional risk; combo data may not be replicated with a different PD-1
Differentiation
Bal activity & commercial readiness de-risk future submissions; BLA withdrawal was due to a technicality in the AA process
• Clinical activity comparable or better than approved PD-1 agents (pembrolizumab in 2L cervical)
• Commercial ready - passed multiple FDA inspections/audits with no issues cited (no 483s)
• Robust safety database to support future BLA submissions (>400 patients and growing)
Regulatory
Bal efficacy and safety database supports combination development with other novel agents
• Our trials are designed to show the contribution of components of a novel combination within an indication
• Combinations with Bal or another PD-1 require individual contributions, regardless of whether a prior BLA exists in another indication
Clinical
Commercial
Bal will be priced to ensure combo agents (including AGEN1181) achieve premium pricing to reflect novelty and benefit
• Combination therapies are likely to require price concessions and be subject to reimbursement caps
• Pursing combinations with commercial PD-1's limit innovators’ ability to achieve premium pricing of novel agents
• Agenus’ end-to-end commercial manufacturing will ensure a scalable supply chain to meet demand and lower costs to enable our PD-1 pricing strategy
Source: El-Khoueiry et al. SITC 2021 Poster 479, Joyce et al. AACR Poster 5529, O’Malley et al. Gynecol Oncol 2021 Nov; 163(2): 274-280
Clinical CollaborationsExpanding balstilimab & zalifrelimab potential through partner combinations
Collaboration model enables evaluation of balstilimab and zalifrelimab in new indications
and combinations through clinical collaborations with partners
Existing collaborations include:
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Balstilimab + EP4 antagonist (CR6086)
in advanced MSS-CRC
Zalifrelimab + hedgehog inhibitor (NLM-001) + chemo
in 1L advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Key Operational Capabilities
Commercial Manufacturing
Commercial Readiness
VISION Research Engine
Commercial ManufacturingA practical asset enabling fast-to-market products
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• Clinical GMP facility acquired from XOMA Inc. in 2015
• Team of 70 scientists, engineers, technologists who have developed >20 antibody candidates
• Record speed in advancing from research cell bank to GMP in ~4 months (vs. industry average 12-18 months)
Berkeley, CA
Emeryville, CA
• Commercial GMP facility under construction
• Designed for fully integrated biologics cGMP and commercial production, including drug substance
manufacturing, drug product fill/finish, packaging and distribution under one roof
Vacaville, CA
• Greenfield site designed for commercial manufacturing expansion for internal pipeline of biologics, cell
therapy, adjuvants and beyond
• Designed to support our own programs as well as manufacturing for collaboration / partnered programs
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Clinical Trials
• Preclinical biomarkers
• Drug discovery
• Discovery screens
• Program strategy
• Competitive landscape
• Partnerships
• Collaborations
• Patient characteristics
• Clinical outcomes
• Clinical biomarkersVISION platform
Data Lake
AGEN proprietary data AGEN proprietary dataExternal data
VISION Research EngineActive learning and prediction across R&D to uncover the biology behind clinical responses
Discovery & preclinical development
Target Evaluation
• Patient selection
• Response biomarkers
• Probability of
Success models
Rational portfolio design • Optimized molecules
• Empirical combinations
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Milestones & Pipeline
✓ Bal mono met clinical endpoints in 2L cervical cancer
✓ Updated Bal/Zal combo data presented at ESMO
✓ MiNK-initiated iNKT Phase 1 cancer program*
✓ BMS collaboration on AGEN1777 ($200M upfront)
✓ AGEN1777 Phase I initiated ($20M milestone)
✓ Additional Ph I data for AGEN1181 at SITC
✓ Initial Ph1 data for iNKTs at SITC*
Completed Milestones Near-Term Milestones
• 2021: Bal/Zal combo strategy update
• 2021: Initiate AGEN1181/AGEN2373 melanoma Phase Ib
• 2022: Commence AGEN1181 Phase 2/3 trials
• 2022: File IND for novel program
• 2022: Launch Expanded Access Programs
Key Operational Milestones Update
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Mechanism/Target Product Partner Preclinical Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Filed Approved
PD-1 Balstilimab
CTLA-4 Zalifrelimab
Next-generation CTLA-4 AGEN1181
TME Conditioning anti CD73 / TGFb TRAP AGEN1423
CD137 AGEN2373
TIGIT AGEN1327
TAM AGEN1571
Stromal targeting
Myeloid targeting
Glioblastoma (newly diagnosed) ProphageTM
Personalized Neoantigen Vaccine AutoSynVaxTM
Off-the-Shelf Neoantigen Vaccine PhosphoSynVaxTM
Allogeneic Cell Therapy – Cancer AGENT-797*
Allogeneic Cell Therapy – COVID 19 AGENT-797*
Allogeneic Cell Therapy Multiple CAR/TCRs*
TIGIT (bispecific) AGEN1777
GITR INCAGN1876
OX40 INCAGN1949
TIM-3 INCAGN2390
LAG-3 INCAGN2385
ILT4 MK-4830
Shingles & Malaria QS-21 StimulonTM
Notes: Balstilmab and zalifrelimab are being evaluated in 2L cervical cancer and undisclosed tumors. | Recepta Biopharma S.A. has exclusive rights to balstilimab and
zalifrelimab in Brazil and five other South American countries. | Malaria vaccine in development with GSK is currently filed for approval.
*MiNK Therapeutics is an affiliate of Agenus Inc.
Fully
Owned
Pipeline
Partnered
Pipeline
Fully-owned
Partnered
Program type
Option to Gilead
GreaterChina
Positioned to Lead in I-ODiverse portfolio targeting multiple aspects of the cancer immunity cycle
GreaterChina
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