Immunicum AB (publ) Initiates Research Collaboration with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
14 April 2021 - 7:00AM
Immunicum AB (publ) Initiates Research Collaboration with Icahn
School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Press Release
14 April 2021
Immunicum AB (publ) Initiates Research
Collaboration with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount
Sinai
Immunicum AB (publ; IMMU.ST) announced
today the initiation of a research collaboration with the
laboratory of Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Immunotherapy
and the Medical Director of the Vaccine and Cell Therapy Core
Facility, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai in New York City.
Dr. Bhardwaj is a leading researcher who has
made significant contributions to the field of human dendritic
cells and specifically their mode of action. Her translational
research has resulted in the development of receptor agonist– and
dendritic cell-based vaccines for the treatment of both cancer and
infectious diseases, and she has pioneered neoantigen vaccine
studies at The Tisch Cancer Institute.
As part of the of the collaboration, Immunicum
and Icahn Mount Sinai will investigate the Company’s proprietary
allogeneic dendritic cell therapy candidates to gain further
insight on their interactions with and activation of tumor specific
T cells.
“Nina Bhardwaj and her lab have advanced the
understanding of dendritic cell biology and her team was one of the
first to discover a way to grow specialized cross-presenting
dendritic cells in the lab,” said Alex Karlsson Parra, M.D., Ph.D.,
CSO at Immunicum. “We believe that this collaboration will provide
us with important further understanding of the complex interactions
between our clinical candidates and a patient’s immune system.”
For more information, please
contact:
Erik MantingChief Executive OfficerTelephone:
+31 713 322 627E-mail: ir@immunicum.com
Investor Relations
Sijme ZeilemakerHead of Investor Relations &
Corporate CommunicationTelephone: +46 8 732
8400E-mail: ir@immunicum.com
Media Relations
Eva Mulder and Sophia HergenhanTrophic
CommunicationsTelephone: +49 175 222 57
56E-mail: immu@trophic.eu
About Immunicum AB (publ)
Immunicum is leveraging its unparalleled
expertise in dendritic cell biology to develop novel,
off-the-shelf, cell-based therapies for solid and blood-borne
tumors. With complementary therapeutic approaches in Phase II
clinical development that are based on intratumoral priming and
cancer relapse vaccination, the company aims to improve survival
outcomes and quality of life for a broad population of cancer
patients. Based in Sweden and the Netherlands, Immunicum is
publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stockholm. www.immunicum.com
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