NEC OncoImmunity Acquires VAXIMM’s Neoantigen Vaccine Development Assets
Oslo (Norway)/Tokyo (Japan) and Basel (Switzerland)/Mannheim (Germany), Mar 9, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC OncoImmunity (NOI), a subsidiary of NEC Corporation (NEC), and VAXIMM AG, a Swiss/German biotech company focused on developing an oral plug and play DNA vaccination technology to stimulate patients' cytotoxic T-cells targeting a wide range of cancer-related antigens, today announced that the companies have signed an agreement under which NOI will acquire all of VAXIMM's neoantigen program assets.Under the agreement, NOI will acquire VAXIMM's neoantigen vaccine-related patents, license the requisite manufacturing patents, and will take over several existing contracts with key collaborators and partners. Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. In 2019, the companies entered into a strategic clinical trial collaboration agreement and an equity investment agreement to develop novel personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines. VAXIMM retains rights to its first-in-class oral T-cell activation platform technology and all other product candidates, including VXM01, which is being developed for the treatment of glioblastoma.Commenting on the announcement...
