Hummingbird Bioscience is a Singapore biotech that uses computational biology to pick hard-to-reach antibody epitopes; its HER3 antibody HMBD-001 was developed with Cancer Research UK.
Hummingbird Bioscience uses its Rational Antibody Discovery platform to design antibodies against epitopes that block receptor function. HMBD-001 binds the dimerisation interface of HER3 and prevents ligand-dependent and ligand-independent signalling; it entered the clinic with Cancer Research UK in advanced solid tumours including NRG1 fusion-positive cancers. Other programmes include the VISTA antibody HMBD-002 and antibody-drug conjugates.
HMBD-001 is an experimental monoclonal antibody from Hummingbird Bioscience in phase 2 trials for non-small-cell lung cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and oesophageal cancer, aimed at HER3 and EGFR.