CatalYm is a Germany-based biotechnology company running 5 late-stage cancer trials of Visugromab (CTL-002), Visugromab and visugromab (CTL-002) in non-small-cell lung cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma.
CatalYm, based in Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, is a biotechnology company. A private, venture-backed cancer immunotherapy company developing antibodies that neutralise GDF-15, a mechanism cancers use to resist treatment, with its lead candidate visugromab. On ClinicalTrials.gov it is the lead sponsor of 5 recruiting or active phase 2 and phase 3 interventional cancer trials (1 in phase 3), testing Visugromab (CTL-002), Visugromab and visugromab (CTL-002) in non-small-cell lung cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. The largest, NCT07112196 (Visugromab in Cachexia International Trial), plans to enrol 518 participants. Sponsor and trial facts are from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry; company facts are from the official website.
Visugromab is CatalYm's antibody against GDF-15, a tumour-made signal that both blocks immune cells and causes cancer wasting; it is in a phase 3 trial with PD-1 blockade after durable responses in patients whose cancers had stopped responding to checkpoint inhibitors.