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J&J Signs Two Deals In Immuno-Oncology

by Michael McCoy
August 17, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 32

Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Biotech unit has licensed the immuno-oncology agent ADC-1013 from Sweden’s Alligator Bioscience. Currently in Phase I clinical trials, ADC-1013 is a monoclonal antibody that targets the receptor CD40 and initiates a process leading to an increase in T cells attacking a tumor. Separately, Janssen has licensed its Centyrin technology to San Diego’s Poseida Therapeutics. Centyrins are molecules that bind to proteins in a way similar to antibodies. Poseida says the technology can be used in immuno-oncology regimens to bind to cancer antigens.

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