Mendus has secured a SEK 977,300 grant from Swedish innovation agency, Vinnova, to expand its manufacturing collaboration with NorthX Biologics into memory natural killer (NK) cell therapies, adding a potential new treatment approach for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The funding, awarded through a competitive life sciences infrastructure programme, will support the establishment of a manufacturing platform using Mendus’ proprietary DCOne technology to produce memory NK cells from healthy donors. These specialised immune cells have demonstrated sustained anticancer activity, with evidence linking their presence after stem cell transplantation to lower relapse rates.
The initiative builds on the partners’ existing manufacturing alliance for lead asset vididencel, established in 2023. We view the expansion as a positive step towards broadening Mendus’ immunotherapy capabilities, with the immediate focus on establishing manufacturing ahead of further therapeutic development.
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