Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the provision of cancer immunotherapy products based on its T-cell receptor platform. Its platform enables to identify cancer targets in the form of peptides, which are short sequences of amino acids; find and genetically engineer T-cell receptors (TCR); and produce TCR therapeutic candidates for administration to patients. The company's lead product candidate includes NY-ESO, a cancer antigen, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of patients with solid tumors and hematological malignancies, including synovial sarcoma, multiple myeloma, melanoma, ovarian cancer, and esophageal cancer, as well as for non-small cell lung cancer. It is also developing MAGE A-10 TCR that is in preclinical stage for the treatment of breast and lung cancer, and other solid tumors, as well as a TCR therapeutic candidate directed to Alpha Fetoprotein. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.