WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that its SIRION Biotech business, a world leader in viral vector-based gene delivery technologies for gene and cell therapy and vaccine development, and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), an international biomedical research center of excellence located in Barcelona, Spain, have entered into an agreement to jointly develop new generation adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for type 1 and type 2 diabetes gene therapy in the pancreas.
SIRION Biotech has signed a license and collaboration with Sanofi to develop improved adeno-associated virus capsids for gene therapy treatments for disorders affecting major human organs.
MUNICH & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Through this license agreement, SIRION Biotech GmbH (“SIRION”) granted Cellectis non-exclusive right under its proprietary lentiviral transduction enhancer LentiBOOST™. This product complements Cellectis’ portfolio of technologies involved in manufacturing allogeneic CAR T-cells. SIRION is entitled to undisclosed upfront and milestone payments and is eligible to receive royalties on future product net sales plus license fees tied to commercial success.