Cy­tovia, Cel­lec­tis add CAR-T tar­gets to pre­ex­ist­ing cell ther­a­py pact; Bridge­Bio, Helsinn un­veil first pro­gram in R&D tie-up

NK cell biotech Cy­tovia and gene edit­ing firm Cel­lec­tis are ex­pand­ing up­on their pre­vi­ous team-up.

The two biotechs an­nounced yes­ter­day they have ex­pand­ed their col­lab­o­ra­tion of gene-edit­ed, iP­SC-de­rived NK and CAR-NK cells to in­clude new CAR tar­gets and de­vel­op­ment in Chi­na by Cy­tovia’s joint ven­ture en­ti­ty, Cy­toL­ynx Ther­a­peu­tics.

The amend­ed deal, which was orig­i­nal­ly agreed to in Feb­ru­ary, now in­cludes a $20 mil­lion eq­ui­ty stake in Cy­tovia stock by Cel­lec­tis, up from $15 mil­lion, along­side up to $805 mil­lion in mile­stones and roy­al­ty pay­ments.

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