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The SMARTagTM ADCTechnology Platform
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World Class Protein Production Capability
New State of the Art Facility – Madison, WI
• Expanded GPEx® Cell Line Engineeringcapacity
• Flexible Non cGMP production up to 250L and cGMP production scale up to 1000 L
• Latest single-use systems with skid-based processing
• Integrated development services to solve your most difficult biologic challenges
• Expanded + 100,000 square feet
Experience with aldehyde tagged antibody production and ability to produce at GMP scale
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The Catalent-Redwood Advantage
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Our Value Proposition: Enable Biologics Innovators to Develop Better
Antibody Drug Conjugates Faster
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Biologic Development Expertise
• Advanced GPEx® Expression System
• State-of-the-art Biomanufacturing and Integrated Analytical Services
• Best Practice Partnership Management
Advanced ADC Technology
• Proprietary Conjugation Platform
• Advanced Cytotoxin-Linker Chemistry
• ADC Development Expertise
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SMARTag™ Technology: Better Proteins
Site-Specific, Programmable Drug Placement • Novel patented “aldehyde tagging” technology• Control of drug location to maximize ADC performance• Improved consistency of ADC product• Better regulatory compliance
Proprietary Cytotoxin-linkers and Conjugation Chemistry• Superior linker stability• Library of cytotoxin/linkers to optimize efficacy by target• Commercial access to payloads through unique chemistry
Efficient and Scalable Process• One step in vivo tag generation• Compatible with any cell-based expression system• Simplified analytics
Advanced Technology for the Development of Optimized Antibody Drug Conjugates:
MODIFIABLE
SPECIFIC
RECOMBINANT
ALDEHYDE
TAG
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Limitations of Conventional ADC Technology
*Junutula, JR. et al. Nat. Biotechnol. 2008, 26, 925-932.*Junutula, JR. et al. Clinical Cancer Res. 2010, 16, 4769-4778.*Boswell, CA. et al. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2011, 22, 1994-2004.
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1. Toxicity: aggregation & first pass metabolism in liver, linker instability*
2. Variable Potency: uncontrolled payload loading, PK liability*
3. CMC*: lot to lot reproducibility, complex manufacturing, challenging analytics
SMARTag™ Technology: Next-Generation Antibody-Drug Conjugates
Leveraging enzymes for site specificchemoenzymatic modification of proteins
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Creation of Chemical “Handle” to Enable Site Specific Modification in Any Protein
N-terminus C-terminus
Formylglycine generating enzyme(FGE)
Aldehyde bearing formylglycinecysteine
CxPxR
FGE highly selective for Cys in CxPxR sequence to generate aldehyde tag (SMARTagTM)
FGE recognition site (5 aa)
Protein of interest
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Carrico IS, Carlson BL, and Bertozzi CR, Nat Chem Biol, 2007, 3, 321-2.Wu, P, et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2009, 106, 3000-5.
Hudak, J.E., et al., Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012, 51, 4161-5.Rabuka, D., et al., Nat Protoc. 2012, 7, 1052-67.
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plasmid
FGE recognition sequenceinserted into antibody usingstandard cloning techniques
Antibody is produced in cell line over-expressing FGE
Aldehyde tagged mAbspurified using standard
protocols
mAb is conjugated with proprietary cytotoxin-linkers that react selectively with
aldheyde tags
Site-Specific Payload Placement
Simple and Efficient Chemoenzymatic Approach for Generating Uniform Antibody Drug Conjugates
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SMARTagTM Technology: Optimized ADCs
Homogeneous Drug Product
Consistent cytotoxin/mAb ratio:
Batch to Batch Reproducibility
ADC Structure Activity Relationship (“SAR”)Programmable Drug
Placement:Optimized Therapeutic
IndexADC SARControlled Drug Loading:
Optimized Potency – 2, 4 or 6 Payloads/Antibody
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The SMARTagTM Technology Platform Includes All the Required Components to Assemble ADCs
CYTOTOXINAccess to multiple Payloads Through SMARTagTM Approach
LINKERBoth Cleavable and Non-Cleavable Linkers
ATTACHMENTProprietary Conjugation Chemistries
TAGGED ANTIBODYSite specific protein modification
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• Multiple tagged regions (in green)
• Biophysical properties
— Aggregation, >95% monomer
— Aldehyde tags can be introduced at multiple positions with
— No impact on antigen binding
— No impact on internalization
— No impact on melting temp
— No impact on FcRN binding
— No impact on protein expression
Optimized ADCs: Site Specific Programmability
Aldehyde Tags can be Placed Throughout the Protein
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cytotoxin/linker
Aldehyde Tag Enables Advanced Conjugation Chemistry
• Proprietary cleavable and non-cleavable linker library
• Advanced conjugation chemistry
• C-C ligation – enhanced plasma stability, half-life > 20 days
• Payloads from every commonly used ADC drug class provided on theSMARTag platform: maytansine, auristatin, PBD, duocarmycin
• >50 ADC linker/payload combinations successfully tested against multiple targets
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NH
NH2
R
O
H+
NH
N H
R NH
NH
R
NH
R
O
H+
NH
NN
NH
N MeHN
Me
NN
Me
Me
RR
Me
Me
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H H
O N
NNMe Me
N
N NMeMe
N
N MeHN
Me
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Novel Conjugation Technology Provides Enhanced Stability:C-C Bond Formation Using Proprietary HIPS Chemistry
Pictet-Spengler reaction
Pictet-Spengler ligation
Bioconjugation:C-C bond formation
Agarwal, P.W. et al. Bioconjugate Chem 2013, 24, 846–851..
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D2
D0
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Analytical HIC Profile of ADCs
Optimized ADCs: Homogeneity and Simplified Analytics
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ADCs generated using SMARTag Technology:
ADCs generated using conventional technology:
SMARTag site-specific system produces homogeneous ADCs
Conventional cysteine conjugation results in 0-8 drugs per antibody; lysine conjugation has even greater heterogenicity
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Analytical Expertise to support ADCs
DAR: HIC, UV, RP-HPLC, MS
Drug distribution: HIC, MS, iCE
Purity/Impurity Characterization: SEC,
SEC/MALLS, SDS-PAGE or CE, MS
Charge heterogeneity: iCE, IEF, CEX, MS
Free drug (unconjugated): HPLC, ELISA, CE
Potency: ELISA, Cell based assays (binding and
cytotoxic)
LC/MS based method: Intact MW, subunit
analysis, peptide map, glycan profile
Biophysical: Fluorescence
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SMARTagTM HER2 ADCs with Varied Payload Placement Position are Stable in Human Plasma After 14 Days
•Minimal loss of payloads (including cytotoxins) on SMARTagTM HER2 ADCs in human plasma at 37oC
•Multiple payload placements are stable
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Potent in vitro Cytotoxicity of SMARTagTM HER2 ADCsGenerated with Redwood’s Linker Library
•SMARTagTM HER2 ADCs exhibit potent cell killing activity
•SMARTagTM non-binding ADC control exhibited no cell killing over 6 days20
IC50s: TDM-1 = 250 pMαHER2-HIPSLinker 1 ADC = 181 pMαHER2-HIPSLinker 2 ADC = 219 pMαHER2-HIPSLinker 3 ADC = 161 pMIsotype-HIPSLinker 1 ADC
varied linker
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Potent in vitro Cytotoxicity of SMARTagTM HER2 ADCsWith Varied Payloads and Linkers
Free drug αHER2-HIPSLinker1May ADC = 372 pM
Isotype-HIPSLinker1May ADC αHER2-HIPSLinker1Auri1 ADC = 410 pMIsotype-HIPSLinker1Auri1 ADC
Cytotoxicity of αHER2 Maytansine or MMAE ADCs with cleavable linkers in
NCI-N87 cells
Cytotoxicity of αHer2 MMAF with non-cleavable linkers in NCI-N87 cells
Free drugαHER2-HIPSLinker2Auri2 ADC = 174 pMIsotype-HIPSLinker2Auri2 ADC
•SMARTagTM HER2 ADCs exhibit potent cell killing activity with different linkers/payloads
•SMARTagTM non-binding ADC controls exhibited no cell killing over 6 days
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•SMARTagTM HER2 ADCs as potent as T-DM1
•All payload placements active
Tag Placement Does Not Impact In Vitro CytotoxicityAgainst NCI-N87 Cells
IC50s: T-DM1 = 165 pMαHER2-CT-HIPSLinker1May = 176 pMαHER2-CH1-HIPSLInker1May = 150 pMαHER2-LC-HIPSLinker1May = 97.8 pM
varied placement
Heavy Chain C-Terminal
Heavy Chain CH1
Light Chain
SMARTagTM Her2 ADCs Control Tumor Growth Comparable to or Better than T-DM1 with Half the Drug Loading
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NCI-N87 Xenografts
Panel of 7 CT-conjugated ADCs bearing different linkers (single dose 5 mg/kg)
Dose-Response Relationship BetweenSMARTagTM ADC Dose and Tumor Volume
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NCI-N87 Xenografts
Dose-response study using a CT-conjugated ADC at 5 or 10 mg/kg
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Specific Conjugation Sites Impact In Vivo Efficacy
NCI-N87 Xenografts
Panel of 3 ADCs conjugated with the same linker at 3 distinct locations (single dose 5 mg/kg)
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Nominal Dose (mg/kg) Tmax (day) Half-life (day)
Anti-HER25.0 0.25 10.9
Tagged Anti-HER25.0 0.25 7.8
Anti-HER2-ADC5.0 0.25 10.9
SMARTagTM HER2 ADC Demonstrates Half-life Equivalent to Naked Antibody in Mouse PK Study
All 3 groups show similar PK parameters
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Advantages vs. Other Site-Specific Systems
Redwood Public IP
• Use of FGE in bioconjugate creation/resulting composition, PRV Filed 9/06“Aldehyde Tags, Uses Thereof in Site-Specific Protein Modification”
→ U.S. method claims issued 7/11 (7,985,783) and 1/13 (8,349,910)→ U.S. composition-of-matter claims issued 1/12 (8,097,701)
• Tag placement and ADC generation – US2012/0183566, PRV Filed 1/11“Aldehyde-Tagged Immunoglobulin Polypeptides and Methods of Use Thereof”- Application published
• Expanded FGE recognition sequences – US2011/0117621, PRV Filed 3/08“Aldehyde Tags, Uses Thereof in Site-Specific Protein Modification”- Application published
• Expanded use of aldehyde tags – US2010/0210543, PRV Filed 2/09“Aldehyde-Tagged Protein-Based Drug Carriers and Methods of Use”- Application published
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References
PublicationsCarrico, I.S., B.L. Carlson, and C.R. Bertozzi, Introducing genetically encoded
aldehydes into proteins. Nat Chem Biol, 2007. 3(6): p. 321-2.Wu, P., et al., Site-specific chemical modification of recombinant proteins
produced in mammalian cells by using the genetically encoded aldehydetag. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2009. 106(9): p. 3000-5.
Rabuka, D., Chemoenzymatic methods for site-specific protein modification. CurrOpin Chem Biol. 2011 14(6): p. 790-6.
Hudak, J.E., et al., Synthesis of heterobifunctional protein fusions using copper-free click chemistry and the aldehyde tag. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 51(17): p. 4161-5.
Rabuka, D., et al., Site-specific chemical protein conjugation using genetically encoded aldehyde tags. Nat Protoc. 2012 7(6): p. 1052-67.
Agarwal, P.W., et al., Hydrazino-Pictet-Spengler Ligation as a Biocompatible Method for the Generation of Stable Protein Conjugates. Bioconjugate Chem., 2013, 24 (6), p. 846–851.
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