In the past years, drug delivery of small molecules as well as macromolecular therapeutics via nanoparticles has gained significant attention in the pharma/biotech industry. Nevertheless, their clinical translation is still facing challenges, like toxicitiy, unfavorable pharmacokinetics, poor tumor targeting as well as difficult manufacturing. XL-protein’s PASylation technology solves these issues, as demonstrated by multiple publications. The non-toxic, fully biodegradable PAS-polymer is an attractive tool to improve the efficiency of drug and gene delivery systems and to create next generation nanomedicines.
Expanded hydrodynamic volume
- extended circulation time
- reduced injection frequencies
- tumor enrichment via the EPR effect
Inert and highly hydrophilic
- Hydrophilic surface shielding
- Reduced macrophage uptake
- No unspecific nanoparticle binding
PAS polypeptides:
- Improve the stability of nanoparticles
- Reduce drug leakage
- Facilitate drug encapsulation
Genetically encoded PAS enables incorporation of:
- Tumor targeting domains
- Tumor protease cleavage sites
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