
HCW Biologics Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies for chronic, low-grade inflammation, and diseases in the United States. Its lead products include HCW11-018b, a novel, tetra-valent T-Cell engager; HCW11-040, a multifunctional fusion molecule that is a combination of cytokines and pembrolizumab; and HCW9302, injectable and interleukin 2 (IL-2) fusion protein complex, which is in clinical trial in patients with alopecia areata diseases. The company also develops HCW9201, a fusion protein designed as a reagent to use in the production of natural killer (NK) cell-based therapies; HCW9206, a fusion protein designed as a reagent to use in the production of CAR-therapies for the treatment of infectious diseases; and HCW11-006, a multi-functional immune cell stimulator. It has a license agreement with Wugen Inc.