Affitech Acquires Pharmexa’s Diabody Technology

Affitech AS, the human therapeutic antibody company, today announced that it had acquired the full rights to the innovative diabody technology originally owned by Pharmexa A/S, a leading Danish immunotherapeutic and vaccine company. Also known as bi-specific single chain antibodies, diabodies are recombinant antibody-like proteins whose unique attributes make them attractive candidates for a variety of therapeutic applications. The acquisition follows an exclusive license of the diabody IP that Affitech obtained in 2007 from Pharmexa to carry out certain non-clinical GLP compliant studies, as well as sub-licensing arrangements with third parties.

Source: Affitech