Cul­li­nan On­col­o­gy launch­es new sub­sidiary fo­cused on col­la­gen-bind­ing cy­tokine treat­ment

Cul­li­nan On­col­o­gy op­er­ates as both a biotech and an in­vest­ment fund, hous­ing each of its as­sets in sub­sidiaries un­der one large um­brel­la. A lit­tle over a month af­ter its last launch, Cul­li­nan has an­nounced an­oth­er such project.

The Cam­bridge-based com­pa­ny in­tro­duced Cul­li­nan Am­ber on Wednes­day morn­ing, the ninth drug de­vel­op­ment en­ter­prise in its port­fo­lio, and has ob­tained an ex­clu­sive li­cense from MIT to uti­lize col­la­gen bind­ing tech­nol­o­gy. Thanks to this tech, Cul­li­nan Am­ber’s lead pro­gram will com­bine two an­ti­tu­mor cy­tokines, IL-12 and IL-2, with a col­la­gen-bind­ing do­main to pro­duce what CMO Jon Wig­gin­ton hopes are more lo­cal­ized can­cer treat­ments.

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