Boehringer Ingelheim To Boost Cancer Immunology Portfolio with Novel Cancer Vaccines

By buying AMAL, Boehringer Ingelheim plans to develop new therapies by combining assets from its cancer immunology portfolio with the biotech’s KISIMA immunization platform, the German pharma’s head of cancer immunology business development tells Scrip.

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AMAL’s KISIMA platform leverages peptide/protein-based vaccination technology • Source: Shutterstock

Family-controlled Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH has bought privately held Amal Therapeutics SA an academic-based biotech whose proprietary technology promises to significantly enrich the German pharma’s cancer immunology portfolio with novel cancer vaccines.

“We made this acquisition because we were really impressed by the quality of science at AMAL, by its unique vaccine platform, called KISIMA, and by their lead asset, ATP128, which is directly in the target indication that is of high interest to our oncology group strategically,” Scott

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