NextCure, Inc. Overview
Pro stress-test →NextCure is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing medicines to treat cancer patients who do not respond to, or whose disease progresses on, existing therapies. The company is advancing inventive medicines through targeted therapies including antibody-drug conjugates.
Strategic Profile
Pro stress-test →The company's lead assets include NC410, a fusion protein of LAIR-2 that demonstrated early clinical activity in colorectal and ovarian cancers in combination with pembrolizumab, and LNCB74, an ADC directed to B7-H4. NextCure is also seeking partners for clinical programs NC525 and NC318, and preclinical non-oncology programs targeting chronic bone diseases and Alzheimer's disease.
Competitive Landscape
Pro stress-test →NextCure competes within the biotechnology sector alongside peers including BriaCell Therapeutics, Biovie, APOLLOMICS, Carisma Therapeutics, and Portage Biotech. The broader oncology ADC space includes both large pharma (Eli Lilly, Roche, Pfizer) and specialized biotech developers, but NextCure's early-stage pipeline positions it as an emerging competitor rather than a market leader.
Industry Context
NextCure, Inc. operates in Clinical-stage oncology immunotherapy and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).
Key facts
Founded: 2015 · Headquarters: Beltsville, Maryland · Employees: 40 · Revenue: $0 · Market cap: $7.3M