Nordic Nanovector in collaboration with AREVA Med on leukemia treatments

1 July 2016
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Norwegian biotech company Nordic Nanovector has joined forces with US company AREVA Med to investigate the potential of lead-212 conjugated anti-CD37 antibody for treating leukemias, it has been announced.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nordic Nanovector will provide its chimeric anti-CD37 antibody (NNV003) and its expertise in antibody radionuclide conjugate (ARC) development, while AREVA Med will provide expertise in the production of 212pb.

Nordic Nanovector’s chief scientific officer, Jostein Dahle, said: “The CD37 antigen is expressed on the surface of many hematological cancer cells, including leukemia cells, making it an important target for ARC-based therapies.

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