BCDA vs AKTX Comparison

BioCardia Inc is a clinical-stage company developing cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with unmet medical needs. Its two cell therapy platforms derived from the bone marrow. CardiAMP autologous mononuclear cell therapy platform is being advanced for two clinical indications: ischemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and refractory angina resulting from chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI). Its immunomodulatory allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy platform is being an off the shelf cell therapy for two clinical indications: the treatment of ischemic HFrEF (CardiALLO), which is actively enrolling, and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Akari Therapeutics PLC is an oncology company developing next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) designed around novel, proprietary cancer-killing toxins (payloads). The company believes these novel payloads may have the potential to transform the efficacy and safety outcomes of ADCs as cancer therapies beyond options that are currently available or in development. Its lead product candidate is AKTX-101, a preclinical stage Trop2-targeting ADC that combines PH1 with the Trop2 antibody, which is expressed in the highest number of solid tumor cancer types, including lung, breast, colon and prostate.