The Two-Marker CAR-T Test: LNK001's First Patients and the Safety Hypothesis
Dr. Dereck Mush, MD, MBA
Link Cell Therapies
Cell therapy company building logic-gated CAR-T treatments for solid tumors.
Link Cell Therapies is known for cell therapy company building logic-gated CAR-T treatments for solid tumors. It is based in South San Francisco, California, USA, is at the Series A stage with $90M raised, and sits in our Oncology category.
What they do
Link Cell Therapies develops AND-gate CAR-T cell therapies designed to act only on cells carrying two tumor markers. Its lead program LNK001 targets ENPP3 and CAIX; the first patient was dosed in a Phase 1 trial in advanced or metastatic clear cell kidney cancer at MD Anderson in September 2026 (NCT07564232). A $30 million extension brought its Series A to $90 million. A colorectal cancer program is planned for first-in-human testing in 2027.
The record
- Vertical
- Oncology
- Sub-segment
- Logic-gated CAR-T
- Product type
- Therapeutic
- Stage
- Series A
- Headquarters
- South San Francisco, California, USA
- Region
- North America
- Founded
- 2022
- Total funding
- $90M raised
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