ProteoNic and ORYZON awarded European grant for joint development of therapeutic antibodies against prostate cancer

21-Sep-2010 - Netherlands

ProteoNic and ORYZON genomics have joined forces to develop new antibodies against prostate cancer and generate cost-effective production-ready cell lines. ProteoNic will use its expression expertise and UNic™ toolbox production yield enhancer to optimize the potential of ORYZON’s proprietary targets without compromising antibody quality. By awarding the joint venture a EuroTrans-Bio grant, the EU recognizes the unique combination of skills that will serve an unmet medical need for new prostate cancer diagnostics and treatment.

The new venture is focusing on identifying antibodies against prostate cancer-specific markers while validating these markers. ORYZON and ProteoNic are also developing faster and more cost-effective ways of identifying, characterizing and producing therapeutic monoclonal antibodies to combat the disease. The companies expect to select and produce antibodies for preclinical proof-of-concept studies within the next two years.

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