Lyell Immunopharma Inc

NASDAQ:LYEL

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. operates as a holding company, which engages in the development of cell-based immunotherapies for human diseases. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California and currently employs 219 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2021-06-17. The firm offers T cells to cure patients with solid tumors. Its technologies are designed to be applied in a target and agnostic manner to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and T cell receptor (TCR) therapies to improve the properties of T cells to eradicate solid tumors. The company builds a multi-modality product pipeline across solid tumor indications with unmet needs and anticipate having investigational new drug application (IND). The company offers Gen-R and Epi-R technology platforms. Its Gen-R is its ex vivo genetic reprogramming technology to overcome T cell exhaustion. Its Epi-R is an ex vivo epigenetic reprogramming technology to create a population of T cells with durable stemness. Epi-R is designed to generate populations of T cells which have this property of durable stemness. The company utilizes its Gen-R and Epi-R technology platforms to develop a multi-modality product pipeline.