Mersana Therapeutics Inc.

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of oncology therapeutics in the United States and Canada. The company develops Dolaflexin, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) platform designed to enhance the potency and efficacy of ADCs while simultaneously enhancing the safety and tolerability. Its lead product candidates include XMT-1522, an ADC targeting HER2-expressing tumors, which is in Phase I clinical trial for treating patients with breast cancer, non-small-cell-lung-cancer (NSCLC), and gastric cancer; and XMT-1536, an ADC targeting NaPi2b that is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer, NSCLC, and other cancers. Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. has strategic alliances with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Merck KGaA; and Asana BioSciences, LLC. The company was formerly known as Nanopharma Corp. and changed its name to Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. in November 2005. Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.