Se­lec­ta turns to syn­bio play­er for $1.1B cap­sid deal; BioN­Tech signs $790M im­munother­a­py deal

Se­lec­ta Bio­sciences has turned to one of the re­cent dar­lings in the syn­bio biz for its lat­est col­lab­o­ra­tion.

Gink­go Bioworks has signed on to a biobucks-heavy deal to work on next-gen gene ther­a­py vi­ral cap­sids for Se­lec­ta, a hot top­ic in an in­dus­try that has iden­ti­fied a full slate of is­sues with the ear­ly-gen AAV ve­hi­cles that have dom­i­nat­ed the first-gen pro­grams. This is their sec­ond cap­sid-fo­cused col­lab­o­ra­tion.

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