Benzinga | Apr 14, 2021 08:32AM EDT

Agenus Doses First Cancer Patient With iNKT Cell Therapy

Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ:AGEN), an immuno-oncology company with an extensive pipeline of checkpoint antibodies, cell therapies, adjuvants, and vaccines designed to activate immune response to cancers and infections, today announced the dosing of the first cancer patient with agenT-797, an allogeneic iNKT cell therapy, in a Phase 1 clinical trial through its subsidiary, AgenTus Therapeutics.