TxCell and Ferring collaborate with Trizell on lead product Ovasave

4 January 2015
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French biotech firm TxCell (FR: TXCL) on Friday announced a further enhancement to the development of its lead product Ovasave, an antigen-specific Treg cell-based immunotherapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. TxCell’s shares rose 9.65% to 6.25 euros on the news.

The collaboration, option, development and license agreement between TxCell and privately-held Switzerland-headquartered Ferring International has been assigned to Trizell Holding, an affiliate member of the Dr Frederik Paulsen Foundation.

Trizell was established by the Dr Frederik Paulsen Foundation to provide specialist management and scientific and development expertise that is dedicated to advanced therapies, ie, cellular and gene therapies. This new class of highly promising biological therapies includes TxCell’s Ovasave.

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