BMS, Compugen Pursue Multiple Checkpoint Inhibitions In Antibody Collaboration

Bristol-Myers Squibb is teaming up with Compugen to test the latter’s investigational antibody that targets a new checkpoint, PVRIG, in combination with its own antibody Opdivo. Combined inhibition of checkpoint mechanisms, such as PVRIG and TIGIT, is also on the cards for the future.

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The Israeli drug discovery and development company Compugen Inc. has joined forces with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Compugen’s COM701 in combination with BMS’s PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) in patients with advanced solid tumors.

COM701 is an antibody targeting a new checkpoint discovered by Compugen, PVRIG (PVR Related Immunoglobulin Domain Containing) in T-cells. PVRL2...

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