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Crucell Announces Research License Agreement with Bioceros on STAR Technology

21 May 2008 - Crucell N.V. announced a non-exclusive STAR® research license agreement with Bioceros. The license agreement with the Netherlands based company Bioceros covers the production of monoclonal antibodies. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
 
According to the company, STAR® technology is a production technology that is particularly useful for the production of recombinant human antibodies and proteins. It has a potentially broad application and is effective for production of antibodies and proteins on mammalian cell lines such as Crucell's PER.C6® human cell technology and the widely used Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line. STAR® technology contains genetic elements, called STAR® elements, that enable stable and high-yield gene expression important to recombinant antibody and protein production in mammalian cells. The technology has the potential to increase production yields, thereby reducing production costs.