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title: "Creating “future proof” antibodies vs. virus variants like Omicron with Ian Chan, co-founder of Abpro"
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pubDate: "2022-01-21T21:00:00.000Z"
updatedDate: "2026-09-10T15:33:34.000Z"
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Today's guest is Ian Chan the co-founder and executive chairman of Abpro. Abpro is improving the lives of mankind facing severe and life-threatening diseases with next-generation antibody therapies. Ian explains how their technology is "future proofing" antibodies.   
  
Recently, Abpro announced its ABP 310 COVID antibody retains neutralization activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, which is exciting.

You’ll hear the full story coming up but first some quick takeaways you’ll get from today’s conversation:

How Abpro is cutting the time to generate antibodies for testing from 1 year to 2 months. What all founders should focus on to facilitate fundraising - what Ian calls “first-class science”Unique challenges a company faces when it’s in high-growth mode and how to prepare.

More about Ian he co-founded Abpro with his brother, Dr. Eugene Chan, who is the CEO. Not everyone goes into business with family but they’ve done it successfully a few times actually. Ian received an AB from Brown University and MBA from Harvard University.   
  
**Show notes:**  
  
[https://abpro.com/](https://abpro.com/)  
  
[Abpro Reports Its ABP 310 COVID Antibody Retains Neutralization Activity Against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/12/09/2349191/0/en/Abpro-Reports-Its-ABP-310-COVID-Antibody-Retains-Neutralization-Activity-Against-the-SARS-CoV-2-Omicron-Variant.html)  
  
[Qualio](https://www.qualio.com/)  
  
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