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ProMetic to Develop Synthetic Affinity Ligand for Novartis' Vaccine Program

Dec 04, 2006
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Synthetic protein drug developer ProMetic Biosciences will develop a synthetic ligand affinity for Novartis, the company said today.
 
PBL, a subsidiary of ProMetic Life Sciences, said Novartis Vaccines has hired it to screen chemical libraries for ligands that may be used to purify a new vaccine product Novartis currently has in clinical trials.
 
PBL, based in Montreal, said it will conduct the screenings using its Mimetic protein replacement system at its labs at the Cambridge Science Park, in Cambridge, UK.
 
Financial terms of the agreement were not released.

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