HCW BiologicsHCWB
HCWB
About: HCW Biologics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen the health span by disrupting the link between chronic, low-grade inflammation and age-related diseases. The company has developed TOBI discovery platform, or Tissue factor-based fusion discovery platform, for the design of category-defining immunotherapeutic drugs. It has selected two molecules as its product candidate; HCW9218 and HCW9302. HCW9218 is a bifunctional immunotherapeutic designed with the capabilities to neutralize transforming growth and stimulate immune cells. HCW9302 is designed to activate and expand regulatory T cells, which deactivate inflammasomes.
Employees: 36
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
50% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 3 | Existing positions reduced: 2
5.7% less ownership
Funds ownership: 8.27% [Q4 2024] → 2.57% (-5.7%) [Q1 2025]
17% less funds holding
Funds holding: 18 [Q4 2024] → 15 (-3) [Q1 2025]
43% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 4 | Existing positions closed: 7
77% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.4M [Q4 2024] → $326K (-$1.07M) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$35
542%
upside
Avg. target
$35
542%
upside
High target
$35
542%
upside
1 analyst rating
1 positive
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Maxim Group Michael Okunewitch | 542%upside $35 | Buy Maintained | 29 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 week ago
HCW Biologics Completes Deliverable and Solidifies License Agreement with WY Biotech
HCW Biologics earned upfront payment and will recognize revenue of $7.0 million in Q2 2025 HCW Biologics earned upfront payment and will recognize revenue of $7.0 million in Q2 2025
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
4 weeks ago
HCW Biologics Reports First Quarter 2025 Business Highlights and Financial Results
MIRAMAR, Fla., May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company” or “HCW Biologics”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen health span by disrupting the link between inflammation and age-related diseases, today reported financial results and recent business highlights for its first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
HCW Biologics Announces Pricing of $5.0 Million Follow-On Offering Priced At-The-Market Under NASDAQ Rules
MIRAMAR, Fla., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company”), (NASDAQ: HCWB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen health span by disrupting the link between inflammation and age-related diseases, today announced the pricing of its follow-on offering of an aggregate of 671,140 units at a purchase price of $7.45 per unit priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
HCW Biologics Announces Positive Results of Studies of Proprietary Compound, HCW9206 and Availability for Commercialization
Addresses key challenges for CAR-T therapies Potential to significantly reduce costs and improve clinical efficacy of engineered effector T cells Data Shared at 2025 Annual Meeting of American Association of Immunologists MIRAMAR, Fla., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (“HCWB” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a U.S.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative immunotherapies to extend healthspan by targeting the link between chronic inflammation and disease, announced today presentation of studies showing that its proprietary fusion protein, HCW9206, provides a new pathway for generating chimeric T-cell receptor - T cells (CAR-Ts) for immunotherapy with increased function.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 months ago
HCW Biologics Announces 1-for-40 Reverse Stock Split
MIRAMAR, Fla., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company” or “HCW Biologics”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen health span by disrupting the link between inflammation and age-related diseases, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 1-for-40 reverse stock split of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”), which will be effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on April 11, 2025. The Company's Common Stock will be traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market on a reverse split-adjusted basis beginning on April 11, 2025, under the Company's existing trading symbol “HCWB.”
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 months ago
HCW Biologics Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Business Highlights and Financial Results
MIRAMAR, Fla., March 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company” or “HCW Biologics”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen health span by disrupting the link between inflammation and age-related diseases, today reported financial results and recent business highlights for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 months ago
HCW Biologics Granted Extension by the Nasdaq Hearings Panel to Regain Compliance with Continued Listing Requirements
MIRAMAR, Fla., March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company” or “HCW Biologics”) (Nasdaq: HCWB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen healthspan by disrupting the link between inflammation and age-related diseases, today reported that, on March 3, 2025, the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq” or the “Exchange”) granted the Company an extension in which to regain compliance with all continued listing rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
4 months ago
HCW Biologics Granted FDA Clearance to Evaluate One of the Company's Lead Product Candidates in a First-In-Human Phase 1 Clinical Trial
MIRAMAR, Fla., Feb. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (“HCWB” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a U.S.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative immunotherapies to extend healthspan by targeting the link between chronic inflammation and disease, today announced that it has received clearance of its Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to initiate a first-in-human Phase 1 dose escalation clinical trial to evaluate one of its lead drug candidates, HCW9302, in patients with moderate-to-severe alopecia areata, a common autoimmune disease in humans that currently has no curative FDA approved treatments.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
4 months ago
HCW Biologics' Founder and CEO to Address Opportunities and Challenges in Biomanufacturing for Cell and Gene Therapies During J.P. Morgan Week in San Francisco on January 15, 2025
MIRAMAR, Fla., Jan. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (“HCWB” or “HCW Biologics”), (NASDAQ: HCWB), a U.S.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen healthspan by disrupting the link between chronic inflammation and disease, announced today that Hing C.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
5 months ago
HCW Biologics Inc. Received NASDAQ Staff Determination Letter
Company Expected Notice for Continued Deficiency and Delist Letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market Company Intends to Request Hearing to Appeal in a Timely Manner MIRAMAR, Fla., Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company” or “HCW Biologics”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen healthspan by disrupting the link between inflammation and age-related diseases, today reported on December 17, 2024, the Company received written notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff (“Staff”) that it had failed to re-gain compliance for continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Markets.
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