EXTON, Pa., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Morphotek((R)), Inc., a subsidiary of Eisai Corporation of North America, and Cancer Innovations, Inc. (CII), a privately held biotechnology company specializing in the development of oncology products, today announced that they have entered into an evaluation and option agreement in which Morphotek will evaluate monoclonal antibodies targeting certain tumor-associated proteins.
“We are delighted that CII has decided to partner with Morphotek,” said Nicholas C. Nicolaides, Ph.D., President and CEO of Morphotek. “We believe that these antibodies provide a novel approach to targeting tumor-associated proteins. Antibody targeting of tumor-associated proteins has demonstrated promising anti-angiogenic activity in preclinical studies. We are pleased to be able to access these antibodies for evaluation and possible development as we continue to grow our therapeutic antibody portfolio.”
Morphotek will apply its antibody discovery technologies, including its proprietary MORPHODOMA((R)) technology, to improve the activity of the antibodies or develop new antibodies for potential therapeutic applications.
About Morphotek
Morphotek((R)), Inc., a subsidiary of Eisai Corporation of North America, is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of protein and antibody products through the use of novel and proprietary technologies. The technologies have been successfully applied to a variety of molecules that are suitable for pharmaceutical product development in the areas of antibody therapeutics, protein therapeutics, product manufacturing, drug target discovery, and improved output traits for commercial applications. The company is currently focusing its platform on the development and manufacturing of therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and infectious disease. For more information, please visit www.morphotek.com.
SOURCE Eisai Corporation of North America
CONTACT: Nicholas C. Nicolaides of Morphotek, Inc., +1-610-423-6100,
info@morphotek.com; or Judee Shuler of Eisai Corporation of North America,
+1-201-746-2241, judee_shuler@eisai.com; or Toni Gray of Cancer
Innovations, Inc., +1-610-586-1655, tgray@cancerinnovation.com
Web site: http://www.morphotek.com/
