Therapy Areas: Autoimmune
Twist Bioscience Signs Antibody Discovery Collaboration with MediSix Therapeutics to Develop T-cell Therapies
8 April 2022 - - US-based synthetic biology and genomics company Twist Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: TWST) and cell therapy company MediSix Therapeutics have forged a collaboration to discover novel antibodies against five undisclosed targets, the companies said.

Under the terms of the collaboration, Twist will leverage its proprietary Library of Libraries to discover five novel antibodies directed against MediSix's targets.

MediSix will use its unique platform technologies to develop novel CAR T-cell therapies targeting malignancies and autoimmune diseases without any CAR T-cell fractricide.

Twist will receive an upfront payment and will be eligible to receive success-based clinical and regulatory milestone payments, as well as royalties on product sales.

An expert in cell therapy and the creator of the first anti-CD19 CAR, Professor Dario Campana founded MediSix Therapeutics in 2016 to help patients with B-cell malignancies.

Since then, MediSix Therapeutics has developed and leveraged on several unique groundbreaking proprietary technologies to build a pipeline of research products with the aim of overcoming the major challenges in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Their investors include Temasek Holdings, Lightstone Ventures, Osage University Partners and National University of Singapore.

Twist Bioscience is synthetic biology and genomics company that has developed a disruptive DNA synthesis platform to industrialize the engineering of biology.

The core of the platform is a proprietary technology that pioneers a new method of manufacturing synthetic DNA by "writing" DNA on a silicon chip.

Twist is leveraging its unique technology to manufacture a broad range of synthetic DNA-based products, including synthetic genes, tools for next-generation sequencing preparation, and antibody libraries for drug discovery and development.

Twist is also pursuing longer-term opportunities in digital data storage in DNA and biologics drug discovery.

Twist makes products for use across many industries including healthcare, industrial chemicals, agriculture and academic research.
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