Seattle's Universal Cells brings Astellas into its fold of off-the-shelf cell therapy partners
One of the Holy Grails in cell therapy right now is the development of off-the-shelf cells that can be used in any patient, the polar opposite of the personalized CAR-Ts now rolling into the market from Novartis and Gilead. And one of the leaders in the field using gene editing technologies to create these cell therapies is appropriately called Universal Cells, based in Seattle.
Today, Universal Cells added a new partner to its growing list of tech partners. Astellas is handing over a $9 million upfront and promising up to $115 million more in milestones so that the new partners can get started on developing a new cell therapy for an unspecified target.
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