Biovitrum wins contract to manufacture allergy drug candidate

Published: 8-Nov-2006

Swedish biopharma company Biovitrum has entered into an agreement with Uppsala-based biotech company Resistentia Pharmaceuticals for process development and manufacturing of the biopharmaceutical substance RES 08 intended for use in clinical phase III trials of Resistentia's new protein-based drug candidate for the treatment of allergy.


Swedish biopharma company Biovitrum has entered into an agreement with Uppsala-based biotech company Resistentia Pharmaceuticals for process development and manufacturing of the biopharmaceutical substance RES 08 intended for use in clinical phase III trials of Resistentia's new protein-based drug candidate for the treatment of allergy.

RES 08 is a recombinant fusion protein that initially is intended for the treatment of IgE-mediated allergies. Biovitrum's assignment is to develop the existing process for the biotechnical manufacturing of RES 08 to a standard that meets the demands of a clinical phase III trial, and furthermore to manufacture sufficient amounts of the substance for the trial. The project will run for more than two years, beginning in November 2006. _

'The agreement, which involves both process development and manufacturing of the biopharmaceutical drug substance for this clinical phase III trial, means that we will utilise our extensive expertise and broad experience in protein pharmaceuticals to the full extent,' said Hans Orstroem, senior vp Biovitrum Biopharmaceuticals and marketing & sales.

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