ELEVATING TOMORROW’S STANDARD OF CANCER CARE TODAY
WELCOME TO ABALYTICS ONCOLOGY
10 Million people die from cancer every year. It remains the cause of every sixth death. At Abalytics Oncology, our vision is to redefine the standard for drug development in the 21st century.
How do you approach drug development in the age of artificial intelligence? Where do you choose to focus? At Abalytics Oncology, three simple values drive every action we take:
With only the first prediction problem “solved”, how can we achieve the outcomes we want?
ABAO3: A next generation PD-1 / CTLA-4 bispecific antibody enhances safety and efficacy with PD-1 degradation and CTLA-4 recycling
Features
Opportunity
CTLA-4 Recycling
Minimize Toxicity
PD-1 Degradation
Maximize Efficiency
Validated Epitopes
Minimize Uncertainty
ABA03
PD-1 / CTLA-4
BsAb
Ipilimumab and Tremelimumab validate anti-CTLA4 development in solid tumors
Robust Overall Survival across tumor types limited by the severe immune related Adverse Events (irAE) of legacy approaches
Novel insights demonstrate the feasibility of delivering anti-CTLA4 efficacy without the toxicity
Abalytics Oncology next generation antibody-based pMHC targeted therapies aim to distinguish cancer from self
The information age has unlocked new insights into where cancer appears that we can target
Abalytics computational design offers advantages over existing TCR and TCR mimetic approaches
Modular next-generation antibody-based formats offer validated options to optimize safety, efficacy, and developability
Our Team
Shay Paintal
Chief Executive Officer
Shay combines a track record of successful computational antibody design and development with a decade of experience founding data analytics ventures. He is credited with the invention of Omoprubart and has executed on over 20 other drug development programs, including TY027. Before formalizing a system for computational antibody design in the Sasisekharan Lab at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Shay spent a decade building technology solutions for public and private sector clients exploring practical applications of artificial intelligence. An ex-Deloitte Systems Integration consultant, Shay holds a Bachelor of Science in
Manish has a track record of execution in the biopharmaceutical industry. He was the Chief Business Officer of Shinkei Therapeutics, a CNS focused company. He was previously the President and co-founder of Innogenix Pharmaceuticals. At Innogenix, Manish took a brownfield project through FDA facility approval, directed the R&D strategy, in-licensed assets, and grew the revenue to a stable base. He was also the head of business development of Epic Pharma, where he led the sale process of the company to Humanwell Healthcare of China in 2016. Since 2016, he has been actively investing and managing portfolio companies in health care
Joyson Karakunnel is an experienced medical oncologist and hematologist with over 20 years of experience in drug development both in academia and industry in multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. He is an independent consultant for private and public biotechs and VC/PE firms. He serves on the BOD for Primevax and Precision Biologics. He has served as an advisor at the Parker Institute for Cancer immunotherapy. He was CMO at iTeos Therapeutics, Innate Pharma, Tizona Therapeutics and was part of the founding team for Trishula Therapeutics. He has held leadership positions at Arcus Biosciences and Medimmune/Astrazeneca where
Dr. Toni K. Choueiri is the Director of the Lank Center for Genitourinary (GU) Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, co-leader of the Kidney Cancer Program at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and the Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg Chair and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Medical Director, International Strategic Initiatives at Dana-Farber and past President of the Dana-Farber Medical Staff (2016-2018). Dr. Choueiri is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In addition, he is an Aresty Scholar from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Shay combines a track record of computational antibody design and development with a decade of experience implementing data analytics systems across diverse healthcare settings. He is credited with the invention of Omoprubart and has executed on over 15 other cutting edge drug development programs, including TY027. Before formalizing a system for computational antibody design in the Sasisekharan Lab at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Shay developed technology solutions for public and private sector clients exploring practical applications of artificial intelligence. An ex-Deloitte Systems Integration consultant, Shay holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
Manish has a track record of execution in the biopharmaceutical industry. He was the Chief Business Officer of Shinkei Therapeutics, a CNS focused company. He was previously the President and co-founder of Innogenix Pharmaceuticals. At Innogenix, Manish took a brownfield project through FDA facility approval, directed the R&D strategy, in-licensed assets, and grew the revenue to a stable base. He was also the head of business development of Epic Pharma, where he led the sale process of the company to Humanwell Healthcare of China in 2016. Since 2016, he has been actively investing and managing portfolio companies in health care. Manish has overseen R&D, regulatory, commercial, and manufacturing in his career. He began his career in banking and as a trader at a hedge fund. Manish holds a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master’s in Financial Engineering from New York University.
Joyson Karakunnel is an experienced medical oncologist and hematologist with over 20 years of experience in drug development both in academia and industry in multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. He is an independent consultant for private and public biotechs and VC/PE firms. He serves on the BOD for Primevax and Precision Biologics. He has served as an advisor at the Parker Institute for Cancer immunotherapy. He was CMO at iTeos Therapeutics, Innate Pharma, Tizona Therapeutics and was part of the founding team for Trishula Therapeutics. He has held leadership positions at Arcus Biosciences and Medimmune/Astrazeneca where he was involved in the approval for Imfinzi and Imjudo in monotherapy and combination settings. Prior to joining the pharmaceutical industry, he was an investigator in clinical trials at the NCI and team leader for the hematologic group at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He was an Associate Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and medical reviewer at the FDA. He did his fellowship training in hematology and oncology at the National Cancer Institute and residency training at Overlook Hospital/UMDNJ. He was elected as a Fellow in the American College of Physicians (FACP). He completed his medical training at Annamalai University in India. He holds a Master’s of Pharmacology from the University of Maryland and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. he holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business.
Dr. Toni K. Choueiri is the Director of the Lank Center for Genitourinary (GU) Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, co-leader of the Kidney Cancer Program at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and the Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg Chair and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Medical Director, International Strategic Initiatives at Dana-Farber and past President of the Dana-Farber Medical Staff (2016-2018). Dr. Choueiri is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In addition, he is an Aresty Scholar from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Choueiri is interested in developing novel experimental therapies and biomarkers in GU malignancies as well as interest in liquid biopsies and markers of toxicity of systemic agents. His work has been published in journals such as the NEJM, Nature, Nature Medicine, Science, Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), JAMA Oncology, The Lancet, Lancet Oncology, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He lectures frequently throughout the United States and around the world. He has over 800 PubMed-indexed publications and is the lead investigator of multiple national and international phase I-III trials in GU cancers.