07:00 Mon 11 Jan 2021
MaxCyte, Inc. - Myeloid Therapeutics Clinical & Commercial License
Myeloid Therapeutics and MaxCyte Enter Clinical and Commercial Licensing Agreement
to Advance Myeloid's Cell Therapy Programs
Myeloid to utilize MaxCyte's Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform to advance its novel cell therapies to treat solid tumors, T cell lymphoma and glioblastoma
Myeloid Therapeutics will obtain non-exclusive clinical and commercial rights to use MaxCyte's Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform. This agreement enables Myeloid to advance its pipeline programs, including for engineered cell therapies targeting solid tumors, T cell lymphoma, and glioblastoma. In return, MaxCyte is entitled to receive undisclosed development and approval milestones, and sales-based payments, along with other licensing fees.
Myeloid's ATAK™ platform leverages the unique power of myeloid cells to help patients fighting cancers that, until now, have been very difficult to treat. By targeting myeloid cells, the technology allows for diverse applications and Myeloid's pipeline expansion is ongoing.
"We are very excited to be working with MaxCyte, an established leader in cell engineering. This agreement provides long-term access to MaxCyte's unique electroporation technology platform, representing an important enabling step in the continued clinical advancement of targeted cell-based therapies, for patients with few if no options," said
MaxCyte's ExPERT instrument portfolio represents the next generation of leading, clinically validated, electroporation technology for complex and scalable cell engineering. By delivering high transfection efficiency, seamless scalability and enhanced functionality, the ExPERT platform delivers the high-end performance essential to enable the next wave of biological and cellular therapeutics.
About Myeloid Therapeutics
Myeloid Therapeutics is an immunology company focused on combining immunologic insights with cutting-edge technologies to harness myeloid cells to eradicate cancer and other diseases. The Company's ATAKTM platform technology can be broadly applied, and it is initially advancing a cell therapy program for T cell lymphoma and a primed monocyte approach to treat glioblastoma. The ATAK platform is scalable to multiple treatment modalities and other disease areas in collaboration with partners. Myeloid expects to enter the clinic with its two lead programs in the first half of 2021. For more information, visit https://www.myeloidtx.com/.
About MaxCyte
MaxCyte is a clinical-stage global cell-based therapies and life sciences company. As the inventors of the premier cell-engineering enabling technology, the Company helps bring the promise of next-generation cell and gene-editing therapies to life. The Company's technology is currently being deployed by leading drug developers worldwide, including all of the top ten global biopharmaceutical companies. MaxCyte licences have been granted for more than 120 cell therapy programmes, with more than 90 licensed for clinical use, and the Company has now entered into twelve clinical/commercial license partnerships with leading cell therapy and gene editing developers. MaxCyte was founded in 1998, is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MXCT, MXCL) and is headquartered in
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Myeloid Media Contact
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