SmartGene
STAR Pipeline

Caninized and Felinized Biologics, Five Pipelines

We carry both obesity pipelines through approval ourselves; the other three are available for out-licensing once POC is in hand.

Development Status

Development Stage

STAR-K9ECanine obesity
  1. Candidate
  2. Cell Line
  3. CMC / Preclinical
  4. Clinical POC
  5. Approval
See Detail
STAR-M3WFeline obesity
  1. Candidate
  2. Cell Line
  3. CMC / Preclinical
  4. Clinical POC
  5. Approval
See Detail
STAR-CTRV02HER2-positive canine mammary tumour
  1. Candidate
  2. Cell Line
  3. CMC / Preclinical
  4. Clinical POC
  5. Approval
See Detail
STAR-CADCanine atopic dermatitis
  1. Candidate
  2. Cell Line
  3. CMC / Preclinical
  4. Clinical POC
  5. Approval
See Detail
STAR-K9E2Canine obesity and metabolic disease
  1. Candidate
  2. Cell Line
  3. CMC / Preclinical
  4. Clinical POC
  5. Approval
See Detail

All pipelines are in cell line development and not yet approved. Timelines aren't shown on this page.

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Regulatory Strategy

A Parallel Regulatory Strategy for Korea, the US and the EU

Parallel regulatory routes through APQA in Korea, FDA-CVM in the United States and EMA-CVMP in the EU

KR · APQA

Veterinary drug approval under MAFRA, with requirements aligned up front through APQA pre-submission consultation.

US · FDA-CVM

The veterinary route from INAD to NADA. Some antibody products may fall to USDA-CVB rather than FDA-CVM, so jurisdiction is confirmed product by product. A partner can lead or share the filing in their region.

EU · EMA-CVMP

Regulation (EU) 2019/6, following VICH GL9 (GCP), GL40 (biologics quality) and GL43 (target animal safety). Biotechnology-derived products take the centralised route: a CVMP opinion at the EMA, then a Commission decision.

Korea, the US and the EU are the starting point. Our dossier is built to VICH guidelines, so we can pursue approval wherever a partner already operates.

Every programme is in development and pre-approval. Product properties, including dosing interval and efficacy endpoints, are development targets and have not been established in vivo. Technical, market and development detail is available under an executed CDA.