iTeos Therapeutics

iTeos Therapeutics is a private biotechnology company targeting metabolism of the tumor microenvironment to develop small molecule immunomodulators for cancer treatments. iTeos is building its activities upon the unparalleled expertise of the Ludwig Cancer Research (LICR) – a world-class Research Institute in the fields of tumor immunology, therapeutic cancer vaccines, cancer biology and translational medicine in cancer. iTeos endeavours to develop small molecules designed to target the tumor microenvironment by inhibiting cancer-induced immune suppression. Targeting such resistance mechanisms will enhance the clinical efficacy of both standard of care treatments as well as the newer immunomodulatory therapies based on the blockade of immune checkpoints (e.g. anti-CTLA4, anti-PD1 and anti-PDL1 antibodies). Based in Gosselies, Belgium iTeos is a private company launched in 2012 as a spin-off of the Ludwig Cancer Research (LICR) and the de Duve Institute at the Université catholique de Louvain. iTeos raised €9,1M in 2012 from private investors, including LICR, Life Sciences Research Partners, Vives II, Hunza Ventures SCA, several high net worth individuals and from a Walloon government grant. Website