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Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that seven new partner programs entered clinical development in 2022, including programs by Biotheus, Dragonfly, Innovent, Surface Oncology, and a program with financial support from the Gates Foundation. This brings the total number of Adimab partner programs that have entered the clinic to 62.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it entered into partnership agreements with 11 new companies in 2022. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of nine of its current partnerships and the achievement of 52 technical and development milestones across numerous collaborations.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced the appointments of Philip T. Chase as Chief Executive Officer and Eric M. Krauland as President and Chief Scientific Officer. Mr. Chase has been serving as Adimab’s General Counsel for more than ten years and Dr. Krauland has held a variety of leadership positions at Adimab since 2007, including serving as Adimab’s Chief Scientific Officer since 2017. After 15 years, former CEO and Co-Founder Tillman U. Gerngross will step away from day-to-day operations at Adimab and move to a strategic role as Executive Chairman of the Board.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced an expanded offering of proprietary technologies to aid the development of antibody and multispecific therapeutic modalities. These technologies are a result of a collaborative effort between Adimab’s Computational Biology team in Palo Alto, CA and Antibody Engineering team in Lebanon, NH to provide Adimab’s partners with end-to-end solutions for therapeutic antibodies across multiple formats.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that 12 new partner programs entered clinical development in 2021, including programs by Biotheus, Dragonfly, IASO, Iconic, Innovent, Mapp Biopharmaceutical, and Surface Oncology. This brings the total number of Adimab partner programs that have entered the clinic to 55.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that in 2021 it entered into agreements with 13 new companies. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of 14 of its current partnerships and the achievement of 52 technical and development milestones across numerous collaborations.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that in 2020 it entered into agreements with 11 new companies. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of seven of its current partnerships and the achievement of 50 technical and development milestones across numerous collaborations.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that 11 new partner programs entered clinical development in 2020. This brings the total number of Adimab partner programs that have entered the clinic to 43. Partners initiating clinical programs in 2020 include Adagio, GlaxoSmithKline, Innovent, iTeos, Scholar Rock, Seattle Genetics, Surface Oncology, Takeda, and Tizona.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the leading technology provider for the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has launched Adagio Therapeutics Inc., a new biotechnology company that will develop a portfolio of anti-coronavirus antibodies as both therapeutics and prophylactics against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has extended its Adimab Platform license agreement with Novo Nordisk for the discovery and optimization of antibody-based protein therapeutics. This agreement extends an ongoing partnership between the two companies that began in 2013.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that 11 new partner programs entered clinical development in 2019. This brings the total number of Adimab partner programs that have entered the clinic to 32. Partners initiating clinical trials in 2019 include Alector, Dragonfly Therapeutics, Hanmi Pharmaceutical, IASO Therapeutics, Innovent Biologics, Inc., Roche, Surface Oncology, and others.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that in 2019 it entered into agreements with nine new companies. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of 11 of its current partnerships and the achievement of 62 technical and development milestones across numerous collaborations.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to transfer the Adimab Platform to Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Takeda) for the discovery and optimization of antibody- and non-antibody-based protein therapeutics. This technology transfer expands an ongoing collaboration between the two companies that was initiated in 2016.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the leading provider of antibody discovery and optimization technology, today announced the expansion of an earlier multi-target research agreement with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, announced the expansion of an earlier partnership with Novartis. Adimab will use its proprietary platform to discover and optimize antibodies against nine targets chosen by Novartis, who will have the rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic programs resulting from the collaboration.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that 12 new partner programs entered clinical development in 2018. This brings the total number of Adimab partner programs that have entered the clinic to 21.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that in 2018 it entered into agreements with 10 new companies. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of seven of its current partnerships and the achievement of 70 technical and development milestones across numerous collaborations.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that its partner Innovent Biologics has received BLA approval in China for an antibody against PD-1 to treat Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.(...)
Adimab, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that six new partner programs entered clinical trials in 2017. This brings the total number of Adimab partner programs currently in clinical development to nine.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced a multi-target partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim (BI). Under the terms of the agreement, Adimab will use its proprietary platform to discover and optimize antibodies against targets chosen by BI, who will have the rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic programs resulting from the collaboration.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that in 2017 it entered into agreements with seven new companies. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of 12 of its current partnerships and the achievement of 49 technical and development milestones across multiple collaborations.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Eli Lilly and Company to transfer the Adimab Platform to Lilly for the discovery and optimization of antibody-based drugs in all therapeutic areas. This technology transfer expands an ongoing collaboration between the two companies that was initiated in 2010, which has yielded several undisclosed therapeutic candidates for Lilly.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that in the first half of 2017 it entered into agreements with six new companies. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of four of its current partnerships and the achievement of over 20 technical and development milestones across multiple existing collaborations.(...)
Arsanis, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted monoclonal antibodies for pre-emptive and post-infection treatment of serious infectious diseases, and Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Arsanis has secured the exclusive, worldwide license to antibodies targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that were discovered by Adimab. Arsanis will initially focus on the selection of a lead RSV antibody candidate and has received a grant of up to $9.3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the selected antibody to IND filing.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced the publication of a study focused on the biophysical characterization of 137 clinical-stage and approved antibody drugs. The research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with nine new companies in 2016. In addition, Adimab announced the expansion of seven of its current partnerships and the achievement of over 40 technical and development milestones across multiple existing collaborations.(...)
Scientists at Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery of human antibodies, today published a report in Science Immunology about the isolation of a panel of novel, highly potent anti-RSV antibodies from human donors. All antibodies were isolated from naturally infected adults using Adimab’s single B cell isolation technology. The newly reported panel comprises the most potent anti-RSV antibodies found in the literature to date. The work follows a publication from earlier this year on broadly neutralizing anti-Ebola antibodies generated using the same technology.(...)
Adimab, LLC , the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, and Innovent Biologics, a premier biotechnology company in Suzhou, China, today announced a significant expansion of their existing collaboration. Over three years, Adimab will use its proprietary, yeast-based discovery platform to generate IgGs or bispecifics for development as therapeutic products for multiple targets chosen by Innovent. Innovent will retain worldwide commercial rights to these therapeutic products.(...)
Adimab LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced independent partnerships with two new companies: iTeos Therapeutics and Kodiak Sciences. Under the terms of each agreement, Adimab will use its proprietary platform to discover and/or optimize antibodies against targets chosen by each company, who will have the right to develop and commercialize all therapeutics antibodies resulting from the collaboration.(...)
Takeda becomes the latest in a long list of Big Pharma drugmakers to buy into Adimab’s antibody platform to help it discover and develop a range of new drugs.(...)
Adimab LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced a multi-target partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, Adimab will use its proprietary platform to discover and optimize antibodies against multiple targets chosen by Takeda, who will have the right to develop and commercialize therapeutic programs resulting from the collaboration.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has used its proprietary antibody discovery technology to generate multiple new anti-CD3 binders which are available for out-licensing. Adimab also announced that it has expanded its collaboration with two current partners to include access to these novel anti-CD3 binders.(...)
The offices of Adimab, a biotech company in Lebanon, New Hampshire, smell pleasantly of fresh bread. It’s an olfactory illusion, albeit a welcome one. Nobody is baking anything. The laboratory is lined with beaker after beaker of incubating Saccharomyces cerevisiae—yeast.(...)
A precious blood sample arrived at Laura Walker’s lab in Lebanon, New Hampshire one year ago. It wasn’t much--just 50 milliliters (about 1.7 fluid ounces). But this tiny sample turned out to hold tremendous scientific value.(...)
Adimab CEO Tillman Gerngross wants to challenge the way governments the world over handle the R&D response to a frightening viral outbreak. And the Dartmouth professor is using a technology he's intimately familiar with to make his case.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a global leader in the discovery of human antibodies, today reported the isolation of a broad panel of neutralizing anti-Ebola virus antibodies from a survivor of the recent Zaire outbreak. The work, published online today in the journal Science, highlights the remarkable speed of Adimab's recently launched single B cell isolation platform, and constitutes the largest panel of functional anti-Ebola antibodies reported in the scientific literature to date. The sequences of all antibodies isolated in this study will be made freely available to the research community through the GenBank database.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Merck (NYSE: MRK) to transfer Adimab’s antibody technology to Merck Research Laboratories for the discovery and optimization of monoclonal and bispecific therapeutic antibody candidates.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, to transfer Adimab’s antibody technology to Merck Research Laboratories for the discovery and optimization of monoclonal and bispecific therapeutic antibody candidates. This technology transfer expands an ongoing collaboration between the two companies, initiated in 2009, which has yielded several undisclosed therapeutic candidates for Merck.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with several new companies, as well as expanded partnerships with several of its current partners. In addition, Adimab announced the achievement of technical and development milestones under a number of existing agreements.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the global leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced two independent academic collaborations, one with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the other with Memorial Sloan Kettering. In each of these collaborations, Adimab will use its proprietary yeast-based discovery platform to generate IgGs for development as therapeutic products. MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering retain full commercial rights to therapeutic products generated in their respective projects. Adimab will also use its recently launched rapid B-cell sorting capabilities in one or more of the programs.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies and bispecifics, today announced a new collaboration with Kite Pharma, Inc., (Nasdaq:KITE). Under the terms of the agreement, Adimab will use its proprietary platform to generate IgGs against multiple targets selected by Kite.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced a new collaboration with Celgene, which follows an earlier 2013 agreement between the two parties. Under the terms of the new agreement, Adimab may generate novel common light chain (cLC) libraries with Celgene and use its proprietary platform to generate IgGs against multiple targets. Celgene will have the right to develop and commercialize therapeutic antibodies resulting from the collaboration.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies and bispecifics, today announced a multi-target discovery and optimization collaboration with Sanofi. Under the terms of the Agreement, Adimab will use its proprietary platform to generate bispecific molecules against multiple targets. Sanofi will have the right to develop and commercialize all therapeutic antibodies and bispecifics resulting from the collaboration.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies and bispecifics, today announced that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has broadened its relationship with Adimab. Under an expanded collaboration, Adimab will build a unique custom library for GSK for use in generating bispecific antibody leads. Adimab will use that library as well as existing Adimab technology in collaboration with GSK to discover antibodies against multiple targets and generate bispecific antibodies against combinations of those targets. Adimab will also transfer the novel library to GSK for its internal use in the discovery of bispecifics. GSK will have the right to develop and commercialize therapeutic bispecifics generated from the library. Today’s announcement expands on Adimab’s first platform technology transfer and license agreement, which was entered into with GSK in 2013.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery and optimization of monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced the 50th therapeutic program under its funded discovery partnerships. Adimab launched its antibody discovery and optimization platform in the middle of 2009 and in less than five years has formed collaborations with more than 20 partners encompassing 50 therapeutic programs. In addition, Adimab announced today that new commercial licenses have been exercised from the funded discovery partnerships with Arsanis Biosciences, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and Mersana Therapeutics.(...)
Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. closed its second collaboration since it went public in September, bagging a deal around antibodies that could stimulate the immune system to attack cancer cells.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery of monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced collaborations with Jounce, Inc., Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., and Alector, LLC. All three collaborations are structured as funded discovery deals whereby each partner may provide multiple targets to Adimab for the discovery and optimization of therapeutic monoclonal or bispecific antibodies.(...)
Alzheimer’s-focused Alector combines its scientific founders’ biological insight with antibody discovery technology from Adimab, allowing Adimab’s backers and executives to pursue multiple but distinct bets on the success of their platform.(...)
A pair of scientifists with deep roots in the Alzheimer's field is partnering up with two high-profile antibody development experts with a well-developed platform technology to launch a new biotech with ambitious plans to build a pipeline of new medications to combat the memory-wasting disease. And they're getting $10 million in seed cash from two marquee venture groups to get everything going.(...)
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA – September 26, 2013 – Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced its 3rd technology transfer, by licensing the Adimab technology to Novo Nordisk. Adimab will receive upfront payments, annual licensing fees, and royalties on commercialized products resulting from Novo Nordisk’s use of the Adimab technology. Under the agreement, Novo Nordisk has been granted a non-exclusive license to use Adimab’s antibody platform for the discovery and optimization of antibodies.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery of monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, and Innovent, a leading Chinese antibody therapeutics and manufacturing company, today announced a new partnership for the discovery, development and commercialization of an antibody-based therapeutic program. Under the terms of the agreement, Adimab will utilize its antibody discovery and optimization platform to identify a fully human therapeutic antibody against a target selected by Innovent. All initial product development, including manufacturing and clinical trials, will be coordinated by Innovent. Both companies will retain rights to develop and commercialize the therapeutic program in their respective geographic territories.(...)
Adimab had multiple announcements today, including therapeutic discovery deals with Innovent and also Celgene and the receipt of milestone payments from existing collaborators.(...)
Celgene has joined the ranks of the biotech company Adimab's collaborators, which now include several of the largest pharma and biotech companies in the world. A frequent partner of small biotech companies, the Summit, NJ-based biopharma giant ($CELG) has tapped Adimab to discover therapeutic antibodies against a slate of undisclosed targets.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced a multi-target discovery collaboration with Celgene Corporation of Summit, NJ. Under terms of the Agreement, Adimab will use its proprietary platform to generate therapeutic antibodies against multiple targets. Celgene will have the right to develop and commercialize all therapeutic antibodies resulting from the collaboration.(...)
Adimab LLC, of Lebanon, N.H., announced two new collaborations centered on its platform for generating therapeutic antibodies. In a deal with Celgne Corp., of Summit, N.J., Adimab will use its technology to identify fully human antibodies against multiple targets, and for each, will give Celgene the right to develop and commercialize resulting antibodies.(...)
Investors in Adimab LLC, which makes platform technology for antibody drug discovery, may never see a traditional exit from the company–and they couldn’t be happier about it.(...)
The antibody engineering company Adimab LLC has signed two non-exclusive deals that should put the small biotech firmly in the black. The deals with GSK and Biogen, announced July 26, are Adimab’s first in which it transfers its technology for broad use by partners.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced its first platform technology transfer and license agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Adimab to receive significant upfront payments, annual licensing fees, and royalties on resulting commercialized products. Under the agreement, GSK has been granted a non-exclusive license to use Adimab’s antibody platform for the discovery, and optimization of all antibody formats, including bispecific antibodies.(...)
Adimab said today it signed an antibody transfer and license with GlaxoSmithKline, while extending along similar lines an existing two-year-old antibody-based collaboration with Biogen Idec.(...)
Adimab has landed its two biggest licensing deals to date, and the undisclosed payments from the pacts have pushed its antibody-discovery business far into profitability.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery of fully human monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, today announced an expanded collaboration with Biogen Idec for the discovery of antibody based therapeutics.(...)
Despite the proliferation of biotech initial public offerings (IPO) this year – including two that priced yesterday (see the related story in this issue) – Adimab LLC is distinctly disinterested in the public markets. And the Lebanon, N.H., firm can well afford to remain private. Early Friday morning, the company disclosed two more in a string of lucrative deals that catapulted it to profitability just three years after its 2007 launch.(...)
Adimab has raised a shade under $40 million in venture capital since it was founded in 2007. If things break the way co-founder and CEO Tillman Gerngross expects, this could be the year the VCs get their money bank without him going through the trouble of an IPO, or selling out to some Big Pharma company.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the expansion of its existing research collaborations with Merck and Lilly.(...)
Adimab expanded its existing research collaborations with Merck and Lilly. The latest agreement provides Merck access to Adimab’s technology to discover and optimize fully human antibody candidates, including potentially bispecific antibody candidates, across all disease areas.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced a two-target funded discovery collaboration with Kyowa Hakko Kirin (KHK) of Tokyo, Japan. Based on the strength and flexibility of Adimab’s platform, KHK has designated a membrane protein target as the initial collaboration target. In addition, Adimab announced the receipt of milestone payments from its existing collaborations with Gilead, Biogen Idec and Novo Nordisk.(...)
Adimab, LLC, the technology leader in the discovery and optimization of fully human therapeutic antibodies, and Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., a next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) company, today announced the initiation of a joint effort to offer integrated antibody discovery and ADC technologies. The alliance is built to offer pharmaceutical companies seamless access to Adimab’s world-class antibodies that have been specifically optimized for use in ADCs together with Mersana’s Fleximer polymer and broad array of customizable linkers for attaching diverse, potent payloads.(...)
Adimab and Mersana Therapeutics initiated a joint effort to offer integrated antibody discovery and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technologies. The alliance is built to offer pharmaceutical companies access to Adimab’s antibodies that have been specifically optimized for use in ADCs together with Mersana’s Fleximer polymer and broad array of customizable linkers for attaching diverse, potent payloads.(...)
Biotech startups Adimab and Mersana Therapeutics have formed an alliance to provide pharma companies one-stop shopping for coveted antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). The unique partnership enables drugmakers to tap Adimab's discovery engine for antibodies tailored to fit with Mersana's next-generation tech that links the biologics and small molecule drugs to its proprietary polymer.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a technology leader in the discovery of fully human therapeutic antibodies, today announced the initiation of two new independent research collaborations. Adimab and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) of Foster City, CA, have initiated a research collaboration to identify therapeutic antibodies against two targets selected by Gilead. In addition, Adimab has expanded one of its current partnerships to initiate a new project in the area of bispecific antibodies. Adimab today announced the achievement of several technical milestones from its ongoing collaborations with Novartis, Merck, Merrimack, and Genentech.(...)
Fresh on the heels of a $14 million venture round, Adimab has stepped up with another big-name partnership deal to add to its roster of antibody pacts. Gilead Sciences--in the news today with some stellar hep C data--has turned to Adimab to work on antibodies for two undisclosed targets.(...)
Fast-growing Adimab has added close to $14 million in venture cash to the bank as it hires on new staffers and preps for a move into a 21,500-square-foot lab in Lebanon, NH. Google Ventures, Polaris and SV Life Sciences put up the money, which brings the antibody company's total venture haul to $42 million.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the closing of an over-subscribed Series F financing. The additional funds were raised entirely from existing investors. In addition, Adimab has acquired a new 21,500 square foot research facility at 7 Lucent Drive in Lebanon, NH. The building will serve as the company’s headquarters.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced that its partner, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Cambridge, MA, has initiated the first human clinical trial of MM-151, an oligoclonal therapeutic consisting of a mixture of three fully human monoclonal antibodies designed to bind to non-overlapping epitopes of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The three lead antibodies and a number of backups were discovered by Adimab and licensed exclusively to Merrimack.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced that Philip T. Chase has joined the company as General Counsel. Mr. Chase comes to Adimab with extensive legal and dealmaking experience in the biotechnology industry. Most recently, Mr. Chase served as the General Counsel at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals where he oversaw all legal functions during a time when Alnylam executed and managed numerous significant partnerships, including large technology collaborations with Roche and Takeda.(...)
Adimab LLC, a purveyor of yeast-based antibody discovery technology, has quickly generated positive cash flow through deal making and is on pace to double its number of partnered candidate programs for the second straight year.(...)
Adimab, the firm that over the past couple of years has been quietly signing up a large section of the big pharma community to “test-drive” its yeast-based rapid antibody discovery technology, is gearing up for the next stage in its business.(...)
Adimab, LLC, a technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the initiation of two independent collaborations with Biogen Idec and Novo Nordisk. Over the past two years, Adimab has established collaborations with multiple leading pharmaceutical companies, including: Merck, Roche, Novartis, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Human Genome Sciences, and now Biogen Idec and Novo Nordisk.(...)
Adimab, the yeast-based antibody discovery company that has amassed a strong portfolio of partnerships and skyrocketed to a north-of-$500m valuation, has always said it had no plans to do its own development work. If only the company could clone itself, perhaps it could venture down the development path without getting distracted from its discovery platform opportunity -- and the high multiples that can be extracted from a company that doesn't need a ton of development financing.(...)
Adimab has made its name for assembling a high-profile roster of Big Pharma partners that use its technology to discover new antibody drugs. Today, the Lebanon, NH-based company is announcing a new batch of partners—Genentech, Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY), and Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ:HGSI)—which add greater heft to co-founder and CEO Tillman Gerngross’s argument that his firm has vastly improved the way antibody drugs are discovered.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a technology leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the initiation of three new independent research collaborations with Eli Lilly, Genentech, and Human Genome Sciences. Over the past 18 months Adimab has established collaborations with several leading Pharmaceutical companies including: Merck, Roche, Novartis, Pfizer, and now Eli Lilly, Genentech, and Human Genome Sciences.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced it was named by FierceBiotech as one of 2010’s Fierce 15, designating it as one of the most promising private biotechnology companies in the industry. Every year FierceBiotech evaluates hundreds of private companies for its annual list, which is based on a variety of factors such as the strength of its technology, partnerships and a competitive market position. A complete list of “Fierce 15” companies is available online at www.fiercebiotech.com.(...)
The World Economic Forum today announced that Adimab has been selected as a 2011 Technology Pioneer. To be selected as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a company must be involved in the development of a major technology or innovation and have the potential for long-term impact on business and society. In addition, Technology Pioneers must demonstrate visionary leadership and show the signs of being a longstanding and sustainable market leader with a commercially validated technology.(...)
It’s not often that a biotech company can reach profitability within three years of its founding and just one year after launching its technology platform. But that’s what Adimab Inc. is on track to achieve as it reported its fifth major antibody discovery partnership, this time with Novartis AG.(...)
Lebanon, NH-based biotech startup Adimab has grown the ranks of its Big Pharma collaborators, which are coveted for their deep pockets and other resources they bring to smaller firms. Swiss drug giant Novartis has inked a research agreement with Adimab to access the startup’s synthetic immune system of sorts that churns out potential antibody drugs.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the initiation of a research collaboration with Novartis (Basel, Switzerland). This agreement represents the fifth major partnership Adimab has announced since launching its platform at BIO 2009 in Atlanta, just one year ago. In addition, Adimab today announced the receipt of a second milestone payment from its ongoing collaboration with Merck and Co.(...)
Adimab Inc. is expected to announce on Thursday two additional partnerships for its yeast-based antibody discovery platform, one with Pfizer Inc. and one with an undisclosed company.(...)
Adimab, the yeast-based antibody discovery play, will announce this morning that it added two new collaborations to the Merck and Roche deals it announced over the summer. And Tillman Gerngross, Adimab's co-founder and CEO, tells us the company plans to do "two deals per quarter with top fifteen pharma companies for the foreseeable future."(...)
Adimab has an audacious goal for speeding up the way antibody drugs are discovered, and apparently it’s delivering the goods. The Lebanon, NH-based biotech company is announcing today it has collected milestone payments from its first two corporate partners, Merck and Roche, and built on that experience to grab a pair of additional partnerships with Pfizer and one other unnamed drug company.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the initiation of research collaborations with Pfizer and an undisclosed second company. Adimab also announced the receipt of milestone payments from two recently announced discovery collaborations with Merck and Roche.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a world leader in human antibody discovery, today announced the closing of a Series D financing led by Google Ventures with participation by previous investors Polaris Ventures, SV Life Sciences, OrbiMed Advisors and Borealis Ventures. Bill Maris of Google Ventures will join Adimab's Board of Directors. The total amount of the financing was not disclosed.(...)
Wearing stylish glasses and a jacket without a tie, Dartmouth College engineering professor Tillman U. Gerngross looks the part of an Ivy League academic. But after talking to him for a few minutes about Adimab, the company he recently formed with Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineering professor K. Dane Wittrup, it becomes clear that he would be just as at home in a boardroom as in a lecture hall.(...)
At a time when some small biotechs are having a harder time securing early stage partnerships, Adimab Inc. pulled off two major drug discovery deals this month and is in ongoing discussions with many of the top 15 drugmakers for possible future collaborations.(...)
Adimab, Inc., an emerging leader in the discovery of fully human antibodies, today announced the launch of a unique human antibody discovery platform based on the first fully synthetic human pre-immune IgG repertoire. Adimab’s yeast-based platform offers unprecedented epitope coverage and allows for the discovery of high affinity full length human IgGs in extremely rapid timeframes. In addition, Adimab announced two major research collaborations.(...)
Adimab, the yeast-based antibody discovery play we wrote about here, and here, will announce its first two alliances today: a multi-target therapeutic deal with Merck & Co. and a single-target therapeutic/diagnostic deal with Roche.(...)
Adimab, the yeast-platform antibody discovery play we wrote about here, has essentially been quiet about the specifics of its highly anticipated platform technology. Until today.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a leading antibody discovery company, today announced the closing of a Series C financing. The total amount of the financing was not disclosed.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a biotechnology company developing an integrated yeast-based antibody discovery and maturation platform, today announced the appointment of Guy Van Meter as Senior Director, Head of Business Development. Mr. Van Meter comes to Adimab from a business development role at Pfizer Inc, where he was involved in new business initiatives around RNAi therapeutics and regenerative medicine for Pfizer’s Biotherapeutics and Bioinnovation Center in San Francisco.(...)
Adimab Inc. believes its yeast-based platform for discovering, maturing and producing human antibodies is faster and less cumbersome than conventional methods like phage display technology and in vivo mouse systems. Last week, the company raised an undisclosed sum in a series B round that it believes should be enough to integrate all the components of its platform and get it through (...)
Adimab, Inc., a biotechnology company developing a human antibody discovery platform in yeast, today announced the closing of Series B financing. The total amount of the financing was not disclosed. The round was co-led by Polaris Venture Partners and SV Life Sciences, both of whom were previous investors in Adimab.(...)
Adimab, Inc. today announced the initial members of the company’s scientific advisory board. Appointments include: Professor Stan Fields of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of Washington, Professor James D. Marks of the University of California, and Professor Bruce Tidor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(...)
Adimab, Inc., a pioneer in the integration of antibody discovery, maturation and biomanufacturing and DNA2.0, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA), the largest U.S. supplier of synthetic DNA today announce a strategic alliance in the area of Antibody Discovery.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a pioneer in the integration of antibody discovery, maturation and biomanufacturing, announces the acquisition of the Genetastix (Palo Alto, CA) patent portfolio. Under the agreement the two companies have entered into an exclusive agreement by which Genetastix will assign all its method patents related to antibody discovery in yeast to Adimab, Inc. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed but are consistent with Adimab’s business model of reducing the excessive royalty stacking associated with current antibody discovery platforms.(...)
Adimab, a Lebanon, N.H., biotech startup developing a “platform” for the discovery and commercialization of yeast-derived antibodies, raised $6 million in a first funding round (hat tips to the In Vivo Blog and VentureWire). The company was founded by Darthmouth’s Tillman Gerngross — who co-founded GlycoFi, a biotech acquired by Merck last year for $400 million — and MIT’s Dane Wittrup. Both researchers are chemical engineers with a longstanding interest in protein expression and engineering.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a biotech startup developing an integrated yeast-based antibody discovery, maturation and biomanufacturing platform, announced today the closing of a $6.2mm Series A financing.(...)
IN VIVO Blog has learned that Tillman Gerngross, professor at Dartmouth and the founder of GlycoFi (and part of the brains behind that company's yeasty glycoengineering platform), and Dane Wittrup of MIT (who has pioneered the use of yeast for displaying libraries of antibodies and ab fragments) have started up a new antibody play with lead backing from SV Life Sciences and Polaris Venture Partners, called Adimab.(...)
Adimab, Inc., a biotech startup developing an integrated yeast-based antibody discovery, maturation and biomanufacturing platform, announced today the appointment of Dr. Max Vásquez as Senior Director of Computational Biology.(...)
