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Oxford Biomedica plc. (8/3/20). "Press Release: Oxford Biomedica Signs Development, Manufacture & License Agreement with Beam Therapeutics Inc., for LentiVector Platform for Next Generation CAR-T Therapeutics". Oxford.

Organisations Organisation Oxford Biomedica plc (LSE: OXB)
  Group Oxford Biomedica (Group)
  Organisation 2 Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM)
Products Product LentiVector® technology
  Product 2 CAR T-cell therapy product
Index term Index term Beam Therapeutics–Oxford Biomedica: lentiviral vector technology, 202008– license + clinical supply using LentiVector platform for CAR-T therapeutics
Persons Person Dawson, John (Oxford BioMedica 200810– CEO before Cephalon Europe)
  Person 2 Paynter, Stuart (Oxford BioMedica 201708–202409 CFO before De La Rue plc + Shire Pharmaceuticals + Steris LEFT 9/24)
     


Oxford Biomedica plc (LSE:OXB) (“Oxford Biomedica” or “the Group”), a leading gene and cell therapy group, announced today that it has signed a new Development, Manufacture & License Agreement (“DMLA”) with Beam Therapeutics Inc. (“Beam”) (Nasdaq: BEAM), a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through the use of base editing. The DMLA grants Beam a non-exclusive license to Oxford Biomedica’s LentiVector® platform for its application in next generation CAR-T programmes in oncology and puts in place a three year Clinical Supply Agreement.

Under the terms of the DMLA, Oxford Biomedica will receive an undisclosed upfront payment, as well as payments related to development and manufacturing of lentiviral vectors for use in clinical trials, and certain development and regulatory milestones for products sold by Beam that utilise Oxford Biomedica’s LentiVector® platform and an undisclosed royalty on the net sales of products sold by Beam that utilise the Group’s LentiVector® platform.

Oxford Biomedica is currently working on one pre-clinical programme with Beam, and the Agreement allows for the Parties to initiate additional projects in the future.

John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Biomedica, said: “Beam Therapeutics is one of the leading next-generation CAR-T developers who deploy a wide range of innovative technologies to bring innovative CAR-T products into development. We are proud to be working with a leader in the field of gene editing technologies, including base editing, and this provides us another valuable opportunity for our LentiVector® platform to support innovative product development of CAR-T products.

“This is our third announced partnership with leaders in the CAR-T field, building on our longstanding partnership with Novartis and our more recently announced partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb earlier this year. We look forward to supporting the next generation CAR-T programmes at Beam.


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Enquiries:

Oxford Biomedica plc
John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer, T: +44 (0)1865 783 000
Stuart Paynter, Chief Financial Officer, T: +44 (0)1865 783 000
Catherine Isted, Head of Corporate Development & IR, T: +44 (0)1865 954 161 / E: [email protected]

Consilium Strategic Communications
Mary-Jane Elliott/Matthew Neal, T: +44 (0)20 3709 570


About Oxford Biomedica

Oxford Biomedica (LSE:OXB) is a leading, fully integrated, gene and cell therapy group focused on developing life changing treatments for serious diseases. Oxford Biomedica and its subsidiaries (the "Group") have built a sector leading lentiviral vector delivery platform (LentiVector®), which the Group leverages to develop in vivo and ex vivo products both in-house and with partners. The Group has created a valuable proprietary portfolio of gene and cell therapy product candidates in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, CNS disorders, liver diseases and respiratory disease. The Group has also entered into a number of partnerships, including with Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sanofi, Axovant Gene Therapies, Orchard Therapeutics, Santen, Boehringer Ingelheim, the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium and Imperial Innovations, through which it has long-term economic interests in other potential gene and cell therapy products. Additionally the group has signed a Clinical and Commercial Supply Agreement with AstraZeneca for manufacture of the adeno based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222. Oxford Biomedica is based across several locations in Oxfordshire, UK and employs more than 550 people. Further information is available at www.oxb.com

   
Record changed: 2024-12-23

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