Pfizer and BioNTech are less likely targets because of BioNTech's ongoing relationship with Genevant.
July 10, 2018 01:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
MAINZ, Germany & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & BASEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioNTech AG and Genevant Sciences today announced that they have entered into a collaboration to develop five mRNA therapeutic programs for rare diseases with high unmet medical need. The companies have also agreed a series of exclusive licenses covering the application of Genevant’s delivery technology to five of BioNTech’s oncology programs. Genevant is eligible to receive significant commercial milestones for the oncology licenses.
Also, Genevant appears in all BioNTech PR's
About BioNTech
Biopharmaceutical New Technologies is a next generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. The Company exploits a wide array of computational discovery and therapeutic drug platforms for the rapid development of novel biopharmaceuticals. Its broad portfolio of oncology product candidates includes individualized and off-the-shelf mRNA-based therapies, innovative chimeric antigen receptor T cells, bi-specific checkpoint immuno-modulators, targeted cancer antibodies and small molecules. Based on its deep expertise in mRNA vaccine development and in-house manufacturing capabilities, BioNTech and its collaborators are developing multiple mRNA vaccine candidates for a range of infectious diseases alongside its diverse oncology pipeline. BioNTech has established a broad set of relationships with multiple global pharmaceutical collaborators, including Genmab, Sanofi, Bayer Animal Health, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Regeneron, Genevant, Fosun Pharma, and Pfizer. For more information, please visit www.BioNTech.de.
