Tech Transfer Roundup: Oncology Deals Focus On CAR-T Innovations, ADCs, DNA Damage Response

Cancer deals involve City of Hope/Chimeric, CARISMA/NYU, Sorrento/Mayo Clinic, Rain/Drexel, Diaprost/Memorial Sloan Kettering, Alkido/University of Kentucky. Plus, research collaborations in brief.

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Independent research and treatment center City of Hope National Medical Center said on 21 September that it has licensed intellectual property relating to its pioneering chlorotoxin chimeric antigen receptor (CLTX-CAR) T-cell therapy to Chimeric Therapeutics Ltd.

Australia-based Chimeric obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize certain patents relating to City of Hope’s CLTX-CAR T...

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