Genetic Immunity, a clinical stage biotechnology company, is pleased to announce that it is expanding its collaboration with JSC Pharmadis by granting licenses to twenty cancer indications of its trans-dermally delivered pDNA-based vaccine technology.
| MOSCOW, /PRNewswire/ -- Genetic Immunity, a clinical stage biotechnology company, is pleased to announce that it is expanding its collaboration with JSC Pharmadis by granting licenses to twenty cancer indications of its trans-dermally delivered pDNA-based vaccine technology.
The new indications cover twenty different cancer types including vaccines for the treatment of: prostate cancer, glioblastoma, colon & rectal cancer, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, endometrial cancer, stomach cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, leukemia, breast cancer, kidney cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, myeloma, lip-oral cavity cancer, oesophagus cancer, brain cancer and gallbladder cancer. “We are gratified to have expanded our collaboration with Pharmadis with the license of a tremendous portfolio of potential cancer immunotherapies. Closely following our HIV vaccine deal, the management of Pharmadis felt it would be a tremendous opportunity for them to have access to a broad range of possible treatment breakthroughs. Once they understood the basis of our platform technology, it was an easy next step for us to expand our collaboration and work with a single pharma player in Russia,” stated Viktor Rozsnyay, CEO of Genetic Immunity. “I think this is a singular collaboration, as to my knowledge, no-one has ever licensed such a broad range of product candidates based on a single product platform. We are excited for this opportunity and bring to market a revolutionary array of cancer treatments that can affect the lives of millions of people,” added Rozsnyay. Under terms of the new agreement, Pharmadis received rights to market all twenty cancer vaccines in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Genetic Immunity and Pharmadis will jointly develop all vaccines and seek Russian marketing approval. Clinical trials will be conducted beginning with prostate cancer and glioblastoma. Upon approval Genetic Immunity will receive double-digit royalties on sales. The DermaVir immunotherapy vaccine platform contains a novel plasmid DNA that encodes disease specific antigens. The first product to demonstrate this technology is Genetic Immunity’s HIV vaccine that Pharmadis licensed in 2018. For cancer vaccines based on the technology platform the disease specific pDNA will be used with appropriate antigens coded. The vaccine is topically administered using the DermaPrep medical device. “Upon completing our HIV vaccine license with Genetic Immunity, we continued discussion to see how we may use other products in Russia. As we became familiar with the Company’s pDNA platform technology we felt it would make sense to propose an extension to our licensing agreement to cover as many cancer types as possible. Genetic Immunity’s management agreed with our proposal and we are happy to further our collaboration. The next two to three years will be of paramount importance as we hope to bring to market a number of revolutionary cancer vaccines to combat the disease,” stated Nikolai Kovalev, Managing Director of Pharmadis. The design of pDNA needed for prostate cancer and glioblastoma is already underway. Once completed, an investigator sponsored trial will be conducted in Moscow, Russia, at the European Medical Center. The first indication will cover glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, with principal investigator Professor Alexey Krivoshapkin, a world-renowned neurosurgeon. Plasmid DNA based vaccines have been proven safe, but poorly immunogenic in human subjects. Genetic Immunity has developed several technologies to improve the immunogenicity of DNA-encoded antigens, including:
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