Japanese buy-in for Scottish goal of leadership in cancer-specific cell therapies

8 February 2018

Japanese contract drug manufacturer Nipro Corporation (TYO: 8086) has put its money behind the progression of elements of a Scottish company’s CAR-T program into clinical studies.

A strategic collaboration has been announced between Nipro and TC BioPharm (TCB) to co-develop a novel immunotherapy product using TCB’s CAR-T platform, based on unique properties of modified gamma delta T-cells to selectively target cancer while leaving healthy cells untouched.

"Over the last 12 months, TCB has raised more than $35 million cash, sealing long-term commercial relationships with a potential combined pre-market income of more than $1 billion"

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