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Last Updated: 11/06/2026

Scancell

Oxford
Founded 2003
Off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapies targeting solid tumours

Scancell is a clinical-stage biotech developing active immunotherapies and antibody-based therapeutics for cancer.

Its pipeline spans DNA cancer vaccines, peptide immunotherapies and tumour-specific monoclonal antibodies targeting glycans expressed on cancer cells.

Lead programmes iSCIB1+ and Modi-1 are in Phase 2 trials for melanoma and solid tumours respectively. Two antibody assets have been licensed to Genmab.

The company is AIM-listed and was the first UK biotech to partner with the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launchpad.