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Thermicra™ · For biosimilar developers

Your biosimilar.Subcutaneous.No hyaluronidase.

Turn your IV biosimilar drug substance into an SC biobetter. Thermicra is built without hyaluronidase, so its patent families are not standing in your way.
A marketed antibody's concentration, without hyaluronidase
3×A marketed antibody's concentration, without hyaluronidase
Of the injection volume
1/3Of the injection volume
Stable, with binding activity kept
6 monthsStable, with binding activity kept

01 — The bottleneck

Most IV-to-SC switches run through one enzyme.

And that enzyme comes with a wall of patents.

01

One enabling technology

Most antibody IV-to-SC conversions co-formulate the drug with recombinant hyaluronidase, which loosens the tissue so a larger volume can go under the skin. Access to that enzyme is limited.

02

A patent wall around it

The enzyme, its formulations and its uses sit under dense patent families held by a few companies. Even after an antibody's own patents expire, an SC biosimilar can stay blocked or delayed by them.

03

SC biosimilars arrive late

The result: an IV-only biosimilar competing against an originator that patients and clinics already take subcutaneously — or a long wait, or a license on someone else's terms.

Patent clock · Illustrative — not specific to any product
  • Antibody patentsExpire: IV biosimilars launch
  • Hyaluronidase patent familiesStill in force: SC biosimilars wait
  • Thermicra SC routeNo hyaluronidase: SC as soon as the antibody is free

02 — The Thermicra route

From your IV drug substance to an SC biobetter.

No new molecule, no new cell line, no enzyme.
  1. 1

    Your IV biosimilar drug substance

    Bring the drug substance you already make and characterize. Nothing changes upstream.

  2. 2

    Thermicra ultra-high-concentration SC formulation

    We concentrate it to SC strength while keeping viscosity injectable — without hyaluronidase.

  3. 3

    An SC biobetter

    A differentiated SC product, developed outside the hyaluronidase patent families, instead of one more IV copy.

03 — Proven on antibodies

Already proven on marketed antibodies.

Preclinical results with marketed antibodies, named here by target. Full datasets are shared under CDA.

Plasma concentration SD rat

Anti-IL-4Rα IgG4, single 10 mg/kg SC dose: the marketed product at 150 mg/mL and Thermicra Formulations 1 and 2 at 450 mg/mL

Time →Plasma conc. →

Marketed product · 150 mg/mLFormulation 1 · 450 mg/mLFormulation 2 · 450 mg/mL

Profiles overlap

Cell binding Anti-PD-1 antibody

The marketed product and the same antibody as Thermicra particles

Concentration (log) →Binding →

Marketed productThermicra formulation

No significant difference
  • 3×

    The marketed concentration: 150 → 450 mg/mL, same anti-IL-4Rα IgG4

  • 1/3

    Of the injection volume, at the same dose

  • 4

    Marketed antibodies tested, by target: anti-IL-4Rα, anti-HER2, anti-CD38 and anti-PD-1

  • No hyaluronidase needed

    An anti-HER2 antibody in Thermicra reached a bioavailability comparable to the marketed hyaluronidase-based SC product — without the enzyme.

  • Binding activity intact

    Binding matched the reference for anti-IL-4Rα (94%), anti-CD38 and anti-PD-1 antibodies — within the ≥90% acceptance criterion.

  • Stable for 6 months

    An anti-CD38 antibody kept 98.5% of its binding activity after 6 months long-term, and 91.5% under accelerated conditions.

  • Clears like a normal SC dose

    Fluorescence imaging showed the same injection-site clearance as an IgG solution: the formulation does not hold the drug back.

Injection site, next to hyaluronidaseReal images: rabbit injection-site histology after SC injection of the same anti-Trop-2 ADC. Dashed box: fibroplasia.
Rabbit injection-site histology after SC injection with hyaluronidase: fibroplasia in the subcutis, marked by a dashed box

SC with hyaluronidase

Fibroplasia in the subcutis (minimal)

Rabbit injection-site histology after Thermicra SC injection: no remarkable finding

Thermicra SC

No remarkable finding

04 — Side by side

Same antibody. A different path.

Hyaluronidase-based SC vs Thermicra SC
Hyaluronidase-based SCThermicra SC
Hyaluronidase in the productRequiredNone
Enzyme supplyLicensed from a limited sourceNot needed
Patent landscapeDense hyaluronidase families held by a few companiesHyaluronidase families not in the path
How volume is handledLarger volumes dispersed by the enzyme, sometimes with on-body devicesA small volume at ultra-high concentration
Active ingredients to characterizeYour antibody plus the enzymeYour antibody only
What you launchAn SC copy, once the path is clearAn SC biobetter, now

05 — Why it's faster

Faster to the clinic, on your terms.

  • No license to wait for

    No enzyme to negotiate for, and no hyaluronidase patent clock to run out.

  • Your drug substance, as is

    Start from the material and analytics you already have for your IV biosimilar.

  • Feasibility under an MTA

    Send us material and get SC feasibility data on your own molecule first.

  • Clinical supply in-house

    Our aseptic GMP line for ultra-high-concentration biologics produces from 2H 2027.

Test your biosimilar now.

Send us your IV drug substance under an MTA. We'll come back with an SC feasibility data package.

Test your biosimilar

General information, not legal advice. Freedom to operate depends on your product, formulation and markets; we review it with you under a CDA.