RANI vs ALXO Comparison

Rani Therapeutics Holdings Inc is a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company advancing technologies to enable the development of orally administered biologics to provide patients, physicians, and healthcare systems with a convenient alternative to painful injections. The company has developed the RaniPill capsule, which is designed to deliver a wide variety of drug substances, including antibodies, proteins, peptides, and oligonucleotides. RaniPill is a proprietary and patented platform technology, intended to replace subcutaneous or IV injection of biologics with oral dosing. The company is also engaged in developing RaniPill HC, which is intended to enable the delivery of drug payloads up to 200 microlitre in liquid form with high bioavailability.

ALX Oncology Holdings Inc is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company focused on helping patients fight cancer by developing a pipeline of product candidates based on expertise in protein engineering and oncology led by the CD47 blocker, evorpacept, currently in phase 1 and 2 clinical trials. Cancer cells leverage CD47, a cell surface protein, as a don't eat me signal to evade detection by the immune system. The company is developing a next-generation checkpoint inhibitor designed to have a high affinity for CD47 and to avoid the limitations caused by hematologic toxicities inherent in other CD47 blocking approaches.