Crown Bioscience vermarkt prostaatkankermodel voor medicijnontwikkeling van Universiteit van York
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Crown Bioscience Inc., een internationaal bedrijf in medicijnontwikkeling dat translationele platforms voor onderzoek naar kanker en stofwisselingsziekten aanbiedt, heeft een overeenkomst gesloten met de Universiteit van York over de licentiëring en commercialisering van een unieke collectie xenograft (PDX)-modellen voor prostaatkanker. Prostaatkanker is de op één na meest voorkomende kankersoort bij mannen, die wereldwijd meer dan 14 miljoen patiënten treft. De ziekte was lange tijd ondervertegenwoordigd in de fase van preklinische modellen voor medicijnontwikkeling. Daarom verwacht Crown Bioscience grote vraag naar deze nieuwe dienst.
“Deze overeenkomst is goed voor kankeronderzoekers over de hele wereld, want de modellen hebben nu een grotere beschikbaarheid”, zei Jean-Pierre Wery, president van Crown Bioscience. “Dankzij dit akkoord kunnen we onderzoekers een van de grootste, misschien wel dé grootste, collecties goed gevalideerde PDX-modellen voor prostaatkanker bieden. De modellen van de universiteit worden naast onze HuPrime-collectie vermarkt en voldoen aan de nauwgezette standaard van CrownBio.”
Crown Bioscience to Commercialize University of York’s Prostate Cancer Models for Drug Development
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Crown Bioscience Inc., a global drug discovery and development services company providing translational platforms to advance oncology andmetabolic disease research, has reached an agreement with UK’s University of York to exclusively license and commercialize the university’s unique collection of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, impacting more than 14 million patients worldwide. The disease has long been underrepresented at the preclinical modeling stage of drug development, and as such, Crown Bioscience is anticipating significant demand for this new service offering.
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“This agreement benefits cancer researchers around the world because these models will now become more widely available,” Jean-Pierre Wery, PhD., president of Crown Bioscience. “With this agreement, we can offer researchers one of the largest, if not the largest, collection of well-validated prostate cancer PDX models. The university’s models will be marketed alongside our industry-leading HuPrime ® collection and run to CrownBio’s meticulous standard.”
CrownBio intends to expand characterization, including next generation sequencing, of the models, and ultimately to develop new models resistant to current clinical therapies. Derived from primary tissue, the collection includes pretreated and naïve material, plus examples of both clinically diagnosed castration-resistant (CRPC) and hormone sensitive prostate cancer.
The models were developed by Dr. Anne Collins in the laboratory of Professor Norman Maitland in the Department of Biology at the University of York, with major funding from the independent regional charity Yorkshire Cancer Research. “Since setting up the YCR Cancer Research Unit at the University of York in 1980, our researchers have advanced our understanding of the genetic makeup of prostate cancer and how it can be detected and treated. These models can now become a resource for researchers all over the world,” said Charles Rowett, CEO at Yorkshire Cancer Research.
“We’re delighted to work with CrownBio, the market leader in PDX and translational models, to help us bring these models to the wider research community,” said Maitland, director of the YCR Cancer Research Unit at York. “For many years, the preclinical development of the new therapies, sorely needed for prostate cancer, has relied on testing in models derived in the 1980s. Researchers will now be able to use multiple near-patient xenografts, from different stages and grades of prostate cancer. This initiative should provide the best indicator yet to drug developers of the particular patient group in which a new treatment will be most effective.”
For more information about the entire line of Crown Bioscience translational platforms, visit www.crownbio.com.
About Crown Bioscience Inc.
Crown Bioscience is a global drug discovery and development service company providing translational platforms to advance oncology and metabolic disease research. With an extensive portfolio of relevant models and predictive tools, Crown Bioscience enables clients to deliver superior clinical candidates. For more information, please visit www.crownbio.com.
About the University of York
The University of York is a member of the Russell Group and features regularly in the ranks of the world’s foremost universities. In the UK 2014 Research Excellence Framework, its Department of Biology placed in the Top 10 as well as ranking first for impact outside academia. www.york.ac.uk
About Yorkshire Cancer Research
Yorkshire Cancer Research (Registered Charity 516898) is the largest independent regional cancer charity in England. The charity aims to invest £100m over the next 10 years in order to save 2,000 lives in Yorkshire every year by 2025. For more information, please visit www.ycr.org.uk.
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