– Shrut Abbato will lead development of new partnerships for the Company’s CARMA platform programs – Phase I trial of lead CARMA candidate MCY-M11 remains on-track with the dosing of the third cohort of patents underway and no dose-limitng toxicites or related serious adverse events observed |
“We are delighted to have signed this agreement with KSQ Therapeutics, a company that’s forging an exciting path in the field of adoptive cell therapies with the potential to deliver CARMA, MaxCyte’s clinical-stage, non-viral, mRNA-based cell therapy platform, allows for the transfection of mRNA into cells and provides a simple, rapid-to-manufacture, dose-controllable product. CARMA requires less than one day for manufacture therapies for patients, where existing CAR-T therapies require one to two weeks or more to manufacture.
“I am very pleased to join the innovative team at MaxCyte and look forward to helping to build and grow MaxCyte’s CARMA cell therapy business by leading the strategic planning and execution of all business development activities related to the CARMA-based platform,” said Ms. Abbato.
About MaxCyte
MaxCyte is a clinical-stage global cell-based therapies and life sciences company applying its proprietary cell engineering platform to deliver the advances of cell-based medicine to MaxCyte is a clinical-stage global cell-based therapies and life sciences company applying its proprietary cell engineering platform to deliver the advances of cell-based medicine to patients with high unmet medical needs. MaxCyte is developing novel CARMA therapies for its own pipeline, with its first drug candidate in a Phase I clinical trial. CARMA is MaxCyte’s mRNA-based proprietary therapeutic platform for autologous cell therapy for the treatment of solid cancers. In addition, through its life sciences business, MaxCyte leverages its Flow Electroporation Technology to enable its biopharmaceutical partners to advance the development of innovative medicines, particularly in cell therapy. MaxCyte has placed its flow electroporation instruments worldwide, including with all of the top ten global biopharmaceutical companies. The Company now has more than 80 partnered programme licenses in cell therapy with more than 45 licensed for clinical use. With its robust delivery technology platform, MaxCyte helps its partners to unlock the full potential of their products. For more information, visit www.maxcyte.com
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