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Companies agree $800m deal for off-the-shelf in vivo CAR-T cell therapy

Drug Discovery World

Astellas-owned Xyphos Biosciences and Kelonia Therapeutics have entered into a research collaboration and license agreement to develop novel immuno-oncology therapeutics. Xyphos will be responsible for the development and commercialisation of products created from the collaborative research.

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Moderna and Generation Bio partner for genetic medicines development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Moderna has entered a strategic partnership with Generation Bio for the development of non-viral genetic medicines. The collaboration aims to expand each company’s platform application through the development of new nucleic acid therapeutics, and to expedite their respective non-viral genetic medicines pipelines.

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Collaboration boosts development of novel in-situ CAR-T cell therapies

Drug Discovery World

AbbVie and Umoja Biopharma have entered into two exclusive option and license agreements to develop multiple in-situ generated CAR-T cell therapy candidates in oncology. The first agreement provides AbbVie an exclusive option to license Umoja’s CD19 directed in-situ generated CAR-T cell therapy candidates.

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Xcell and aCGT Vector partner on cell and gene therapy development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical companies Xcell Biosciences (Xcellbio) and aCGT Vector have partnered to expedite the development of cell and gene therapies. The two companies will aim to improve the manufacturing and analytic procedures used to develop personalised cell and gene therapies to treat cancer patients.

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Advances in cell line development

Drug Discovery World

Reece Armstrong offers an overview of cell line development and outlines the benefits the technology is bringing to biopharmaceutical developers. Cell line development is an essential underpinning of the drug development process, enabling teams to test, optimise and manufacture therapeutics at a commercial scale.

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Ginkgo Bioworks partners with WARF for new GD2 CAR T-cell therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

WARF is the patenting and licensing organisation for the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the US. All the new GD2 CAR designs developed through the partnership will be validated via in vitro screens and in vivo murine models. Topic sponsors are not involved in the creation of editorial content.

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Betta to commercialise C4 Therapeutics’ CFT8919 in greater China

Pharmaceutical Technology

C4 Therapeutics has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with Betta Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialise CFT8919 across the greater China region. It is expected to accelerate the development of CFT8919 in important international markets.