Aug. 24 at 5:29 PM
$AFMD This patent: EP3843757 is a very broad method patent that covers ANY antibodies being used in an over-the-shelf, pre-complexed NK therapeutic product. The patent was granted in 2024 and is active through 2039.
$AFMD themselves showed in the same year, that the best way to use NK therapy is to pre-complex an engager (AFM13) with NK cells (Artiva's AB101). Any NK therapy company without Affimed's license is essentially shut out of the over-the-shelf option which is the biggest advantage of NK therapy over CAR-T. This is a huge IP moat that dwarfs even their stellar ICE molecules.