Allakos IncNASDAQ ALLK Stock Report

Allakos, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutic antibodies. The company is headquartered in San Carlos, California and currently employs 123 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2018-07-19. The firm is developing therapeutics, which target immunomodulatory receptors present on immune effector cells involved in allergy, inflammatory, and proliferative diseases. Its advanced antibodies are lirentelimab (AK002) and AK006. AK002 selectively targets both mast cells and eosinophils, two types of white blood cells that are widely distributed in the body and play a central role in the inflammatory response. The company is developing AK002 for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), eosinophilic gastritis (EG), eosinophilic duodenitis (EoD), atopic dermatitis, chronic spontaneous urticaria and additional indications. AK006 targets Siglec-6, an inhibitory receptor expressed selectively on mast cells. The company also developed a formulation of lirentelimab for subcutaneous (SC) administration. The firm is also developing additional antibodies targeting inhibitory receptors expressed on key disease-driving immune cells.