Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc - American Depositary Shares (ADAP)

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Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on cancer immunotherapy products based on its Specific Peptide Enhanced Affinity Receptor (SPEAR) T-cell platform. Its SPEAR T-cell platform enables it to identify cancer targets, find and genetically engineer T-cell receptors (TCRs) against those targets, and produce therapeutic candidates (SPEAR T-cells) for administration to patients. The Company engineers TCRs to increase the affinity to cancer specific peptides in order to destroy cancer cells in patients. The Company’s product pipeline includes ADP-A2M4, ADP-A2M4CD8, ADP-A2AFP and ADP-A2M10. Its ADP-A2M4 (MAGE-A4) SPEAR T-cell therapy is directed to a member of the MAGE family of cancer testis antigen expressed in a number of solid tumor cell types.