Biosite and FivePrime Announce Antibody Collaboration
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Biosite Incorporated and Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. have entered into a collaboration for the evaluation of disease targets for potential commercialization of diagnostic and therapeutic products.
Under the collaboration, FivePrime will provide Biosite access to selected functional disease targets for use in developing diagnostics. In exchange, Biosite will provide FivePrime with Omniclonal(R) antibodies for selected targets to accelerate FivePrime's therapeutic research efforts. Biosite's proprietary antibody development process generates highly diverse libraries of Omniclonal antibodies with high affinity and low cross-reactivity.
The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Antibodies are specialized molecules of our immune system that can specifically recognize and neutralize pathogens or foreign substances. Antibody research in biotech and pharma has recognized this natural defense potential and is working intensively to make it therapeutically useful. From monoclonal antibodies used against cancer or autoimmune diseases to antibody-drug conjugates that specifically transport drugs to disease cells - the possibilities are enormous

Topic world Antibodies
Antibodies are specialized molecules of our immune system that can specifically recognize and neutralize pathogens or foreign substances. Antibody research in biotech and pharma has recognized this natural defense potential and is working intensively to make it therapeutically useful. From monoclonal antibodies used against cancer or autoimmune diseases to antibody-drug conjugates that specifically transport drugs to disease cells - the possibilities are enormous