ImmunoPrecise and Twist Bioscience Announce Collaboration for the Creation of Novel, Therapeutic Products
27 Oct 202007:28 HE
CNW Group
IMMUNOPRECISE ANTIBODIES LTD. (the « Company » or « IPA ») (TSXV: IPA) (OTCQB: IPATF) (FSE:TQB2), a leader in full-service, therapeutic antibody discovery and development, today announced that its subsidiary, Talem Therapeutics, entered into a collaboration with Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, to leverage the unique strengths of both companies’ technologies in the creation of novel, therapeutic molecules.
By entering this early discovery collaboration with Twist, Talem will be expanding its diverse antibody pipeline by exploring IPA’s technology on a wider range of oncology targets, combining their expertise in a highly collaborative manner to discover novel antibody therapeutics. ImmunoPrecise will contribute targets of interest with relevant background data, and the genetic sequences encoding for lead antibodies against the selected targets. Twist Biopharma, a division of Twist Bioscience, will design synthetic antibody libraries based on the provided antibody repertoire sequences from immunized animals to discover optimized, humanized lead antibody candidates. The companies will then aim to jointly advance the programs through proof-of-concept and preclinical development and will collaborate on any commercial opportunities generated by these joint efforts which may result in milestones based on key preclinical, clinical and commercial milestones as well as royalties for any antibodies resulting from the collaboration.
« Our collaboration with Twist recognizes the potential of their well-established ability to create precision antibody discovery libraries, enabling us to further expedite our pre-clinical development through collaboration, » said Dr. Jennifer Bath, CEO of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies. « We look forward to working closely with Twist to pioneer the discovery and development of new, cutting-edge cancer treatments. »