J&J20 Sep 2025 16:47
J&J who attended the DCNY summit do have an understanding of Hemogenyx having previously signed a multi year collaboration deal for HEMO to develop a drug development model for them:
Hemogenyx the biopharmaceutical group developing new therapies and treatments designed to transform bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of blood diseases, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Immugenyx, LLC ("Immugenyx"), has entered into a collaboration agreement with Janssen Research & Development, LLC ("Janssen"), one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. The agreement was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC.
Immugenyx will collaborate with Janssen on the development of a model of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common form of Lupus, using its advanced hematopoietic chimeras (AHC). AHC, a new type of humanised mouse with a functional human immune system, is being developed by Immugenyx as an in vivo platform for disease modelling and drug development.
Dr Vladislav Sandler, CEO & Co-Founder of Hemogenyx, commented: "As a company committed to the development of novel therapeutic products for patients suffering from blood and severe autoimmune diseases, we are pleased to partner with Janssen, a world leader in the discovery and development of therapeutics for autoimmune diseases."
According to the terms of the agreement, Immugenyx will collaborate with Janssen on research activities that are determined by a mutually approved research plan. Immugenyx shall own the humanised mouse model of Lupus to be developed in collaboration with Janssen. Immugenyx shall grant to Janssen and its Affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid-up, transferable, worldwide, license to use the Lupus model solely for their own internal research and product development purposes.
Considering other multi year collaborations have included Eli Lilly and Penn, the world leaders in CAR-T therapy, you could say Hemogenyx have always punched above their weight.