KOD vs IVA Comparison

Kodiak Sciences Inc has developed a new technology platform, the Antibody Biopolymer Conjugate (ABC) platform, for retinal medicines. Its investigational medicine, tarcocimab tedromer (Zenkuda or tarcocimab), is an anti-VEGF therapy built on Kodiak's proprietary ABC platform. Another investigational medicine, KSI-501, is an anti-interleukin 6, or IL-6, VEGF-trap bispecific therapy built on the ABC platform and is being developed for high-prevalence retinal vascular diseases and intended to address the unmet needs of extended durability and targeting disease biology beyond VEGF for differentiated efficacy. Its third investigational medicine, KSI-101, is a high-strength (100 mg/mL) bispecific protein targeting IL-6 and VEGF.

Inventiva SA is a France-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral small-molecule therapies for the treatment of MASH. The wholly-owned research and development facility and a team with expertise and experience in the development of compounds that target nuclear receptors, transcription factors and epigenetic modulation. Leveraging the expertise, the company is also advancing lanifibranor for the treatment of MASH and has a pipeline of earlier-stage therapeutic programs in oncology. It operates in the segment of Service delivery and clinical stage research, notably into therapies in the areas of oncology, fibrosis, and rare diseases. All the company's operations are in France.