NVS vs PYXS

Novartis AG

Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and healthcare providers. It also provides ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hepatology and dermatology, respiratory, established, and cardiovascular, renal and metabolism medicine products. The Sandoz segment provides active ingredients and finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties across a range of therapeutic areas, as well as finished dosage form anti-infectives. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics; protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran; an agreement with CureVac to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV; a collaboration with Artios Pharma Limited to create next generation DDR cancer therapies; and a clinical collaboration with Kura Oncology, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Tipifarnib and Alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Pyxis Oncology Inc.

Pyxis Oncology, Inc., a preclinical stage biotechnology company, engages in the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and monoclonal antibody (mAb) immunotherapies to treat cancers. Its preclinical products pipeline includes PYX-201, a site-specific investigational ADC targeting onco-fetal fibronectin extradomain-B for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer; PYX-202, a site-specific investigational ADC targeting delta like non-canonical notch ligand 1 to treat small cell lung cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, and other solid tumors; and PYX-203, an investigational site-specific ADC targeting CD123 for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and other blood cancers. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.