News

2019

August 5, 2019 | Antidote Therapeutics Progresses Optimization of the Nicotine-degrading Enzyme, NicA2, for Potential Use in Treating Nicotine Addiction

February 13, 2019 | Washington Business Journal, Gaithersburg biotech is raising millions to treat nicotine-related diseases — and help smokers quit
Matt Kalnik wants to make smoking less addictive. His clinical-stage company, Gaithersburg-based Antidote Therapeutics Inc., is developing a drug that would diminish the effects of nicotine in the body — to both treat diseases worsened by nicotine and help smokers quit. Read full story

February 7, 2019 | Antidote Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with National Cancer Institute to Develop ATI-1013, a Novel Nicotine-Binding Antibody, for Reducing Lung Cancer in High Risk Smokers


2018

October 31, 2018 | Selected a Top 500 startup from 4,500 contenders by Hello Tomorrow’s Global Challenge, a renowned deep tech startup competition intended to propel innovation from lab to market to help solve the world’s toughest challenges.

September 5, 2018 | Antidote Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation for ATI-1013 for the Treatment of Buerger’s Disease

July 30, 2018 | Preclinical proof-of-concept of Antidote Therapeutics’ nicotine-degrading enzyme program as a potential new treatment for nicotine addiction published in BMC Biotechnology

March 2018 | Pre-clinical Research services agreement to evaluate ATI-1013’s efficacy in reducing nicotine’s cardiovascular effects in rats

January 2018 | Sponsored Research and Option agreement with The University of Texas, Austin for optimization of nicotine degrading enzymes


2017

December 2017 | Entered commercial evaluation agreement with Clearview Healthcare Partners

August 2017 | Investment from Novartis Venture Funds

July 2107 | Entered manufacturing services agreement for ATI-1013

June 2017 | Investment from Maryland’s TEDCO

March 2017 | Award of a Phase 1 Small Business Innovative Research grant from NIDA for nicotine-degrading enzymes

February 2017 | National stage patent application filings for “Nicotine-degrading enzymes for treating nicotine addiction and nicotine poisoning”


2015

November 2015 | Sponsored Research and Option Agreement with The Scripps Research Institute for in vivo evaluation of nicotine degrading enzymes

August 2015 | Collaboration and Option Agreement with Blink Biomedical for discovery of antibodies (IgG) against nicotine

June 2015 | Began enrollment in ATI-1501 clinical research study


2014

December 2014 | Entered multiple Sponsored Research and Option Agreements with Strategic Alliance collaborative partners: The University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, The Scripps Research Institute, The University of California at San Diego, BliNK Biomedical, Cato Research, and BioFactura.

September 2014 | Awarded $8.5 million Strategic Alliance grant for “Lead Optimization and Preclinical Development of Human Nicotine-Specific mAbs” from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)