Silverback Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops tissue targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, chronic viral infections, and other serious diseases. Its lead product candidate is SBT6050, which is in a Phase I/Ib clinical trial, a TLR8 agonist linker-payload conjugated to a HER2-directed monoclonal antibody that targets tumors, such as breast, gastric, and non-small cell lung cancers. The company also focuses on developing SBT6290, a product candidate that is in preclinical stage, which is a TLR8 linker-payload conjugated to a monoclonal antibody that targets Nectin4, which is expressed in bladder, triple negative breast, head and neck, and non-small cell lung cancers. In addition, it engages in developing SBT8230, a TLR8 linker-payload conjugated to an ASGR1 monoclonal antibody that is under development for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection; and agents that localize therapies to modulate pathways in additional oncology and fibrosis indications using TLR8 and other linker-payloads. Silverback Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.