Woburn, MA – July 28, 2021 – MBL International, a JSR Life Sciences company, recently announced commercial availability of QuickSwitch™ Class II Custom MHC Tetramer Kits. QuickSwitch kits for Class II MHC Tetramers for analysis of CD4+ T cells have been created to meet the needs of scientists looking for better understanding of the CD4+ T cell responses.
Crown Bioscience Invests in Commercial Leadership
New Vice President to lead North America and Europe Business Development
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Selexis and KBI Biopharma Enter into Agreements with Immatics for Integrated Approach to Advance Immatics TCR Bispecific Program Towards IND
Geneva, Switzerland, and Durham, NC – June 29, 2021 – Selexis SA and KBI Biopharma (KBI), both JSR Life Sciences companies, announced today that they have signed service agreements with Immatics N.V. (NASDAQ: IMTX; “Immatics”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company active in the discovery and development of T cell redirecting cancer immunotherapies. The agreements focus on using integrated services from Selexis and KBI as part of Immatics’ development of TCR Bispecifics, called TCER® (T Cell Engaging Receptors), that simultaneously recruit, activate and stimulate the patient’s own T cells to detect, target and attack tumor cells. Under the agreements, Selexis will utilize its SUREtechnology Platform™ and KBI will leverage its advanced analytics, process, formulation and cGMP manufacturing for Immatics’ IMA402 program.
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KBI Biopharma Enters Commercial Manufacturing Agreement with AM-Pharma to Prepare for the Commercial Launch of Lead Program in Acute Kidney Disease
Agreement supports future commercial manufacturing for AM-Pharma’s recombinant alkaline phosphatase program
Utrecht, The Netherlands and DURHAM, NC – June 17, 2021 – KBI Biopharma, Inc. (KBI), a JSR Life Sciences company, and AM-Pharma, an emerging leader focused on the development of therapeutics that protect organ function in patients with severe medical conditions, have signed a commercial manufacturing agreement to advance AM-Pharma’s recombinant human Alkaline Phosphatase (recAP) program towards commercialization. AM-Pharma is developing recAP for the potential treatment of Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury (SA-AKI).
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CrownBio Acquires OcellO B.V. to Expand Its Preclinical In Vitro Drug Development Service Offerings
Acquisition augments CrownBio’s preclinical in vitro service platforms, adding high content imaging and advanced tumor organoid analytics to three-dimensional immuno-oncology drug assays
San Diego, California, May 5, 2021 – Crown Bioscience (CrownBio), a JSR Life Sciences company and leader in preclinical services that help biopharmaceutical companies accelerate new drug development programs, has acquired OcellO B.V., a privately owned contract research
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JSR Life Sciences Launches Corporate Venture Fund to Foster Investment in New Companies and Innovative Technologies
Company Appoints Seasoned Life Science Investment and Business Development Executive
Dr. Jason Yuanxin Zhang to Lead the Fund
SUNNYVALE, California, March 23, 2021 – JSR Life Sciences, LLC today announced the launch of its ‘JSR Life Sciences Corporate Venture Fund.’ As part of a continued effort to identify and accelerate novel therapies and innovative technologies, JSR will leverage the new fund to invest in multiple deals within the next few years.