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Agreement brings Therapeutic Antibody into Manufacture
Aug 10 2016
Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd has formed an agreement with Abzena plc, for the manufacture of Clevegen®, a therapeutic antibody developed by Faron to reduce immune suppression in cancer. Clevegen may also have the potential to be used in other situations where there is an inadequate immune response, such as in chronic infections or during vaccination, the company said.
Clevegen was humanised by Abzena using its Composite Human Antibody® technology. Under the agreement with Faron, Abzena will produce the Master Cell Bank and manufacture the antibody for clinical development under cGMP conditions. This is the first product produced using Abzena’s humanisation technology that will also be manufactured by Abzena following its acquisition of PacificGMP in San Diego, USA, in September 2015 to expand its manufacturing offering to Phase I and II clinical studies.
Faron had previously signed an agreement with Selexis to obtain cell clones with high Clevegen production. This collaboration has progressed as planned and the best selected clone will be used by Abzena to produce the Master Cell Bank for Faron.
Markku Jalkanen, CEO of Faron Pharmaceuticals said: “We are very happy to collaborate with Abzena for GMP production of Clevegen to complete our pre-clinical development, and subsequently enter the clinic. We believe that Clevegen can bring an exciting new immune check point target to cancer therapies as it drives conversion of immune suppressive type 2 macrophages to immune active type 1 macrophages.”
John Burt, CEO of Abzena commented: “We are pleased to have this opportunity to enable Faron to progress this Abzena Inside antibody towards clinical development through this manufacturing agreement. Following the expansion of our business into the US last year, we have the ability to facilitate our partners' journeys from antibody humanisation to clinical trials.”
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