RE: we have seen Recently1 Aug 2020 09:25
part 4 ...
Under the terms of the agreement, Scancell and BioNTech will enter into an initial research collaboration to discover and characterise T cell receptors specific for citrullinated epitopes from vimentin and enolase. These epitopes form the basis of Scancell’s first Moditope® development candidate, Modi-1. Upon completion of these studies, BioNTech will have the exclusive option to enter into a licence agreement for the development of cell receptor based therapeutics that are specific to Modi-1 epitopes.
Prof Lindy Durrant, Chief Scientific Officer of Scancell, commented: “We are delighted to be working with BioNTech, one of Europe’s new immuno-oncology power-houses, to investigate the development of targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. Pre-clinical data from our Moditope® platform has shown unprecedented anti-tumour effects can be delivered without the need for checkpoint inhibition. We believe that this, combined with BioNTech’s engineered T cells specific to Moditope® epitopes, could have great potential as a novel immunotherapy.”
then you read it and it appears to be more joined up to the Grand Challenge as well .....
"" to investigate the development of targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. ""