REG - Oxford Biomedica PLC - Update on Sanofi Collaboration & License Agreement

Oxford BioMedicaAnnouncement

19/03/2021 07:05

RNS Number : 8403S
  
Oxford Biomedica PLC
  
19 March 2021
  
 

 
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Oxford Biomedica announces that Sanofi intends to terminate the Collaboration and License Agreement in the field of haemophilia gene therapy
 
          
Oxford, UK - 19 March, 2021: Oxford Biomedica plc (LSE:OXB) ("Oxford Biomedica" or "the Group"), a leading gene and cell therapy group, announced today that Sanofi has given notice that they intend to terminate the Collaboration and License Agreement for process development and manufacturing of lentiviral vectors to treat haemophilia.
 
Oxford Biomedica had originally signed the Collaboration and License Agreement with Bioverativ (which was acquired by Sanofi) in February 2018.
 
The Group expects that the impact on revenue will be negligible over the coming 24 month period.
 
 
 
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Oxford Biomedica plc
 
John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer
Stuart Paynter, Chief Financial Officer
Catherine Isted, Head of Corporate Development & IR
 


 
 
 
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About Oxford Biomedica
Oxford Biomedica (LSE:OXB) is a leading, fully integrated, gene and cell therapy group focused on developing life changing treatments for serious diseases. Oxford Biomedica and its subsidiaries (the "Group") have built a sector leading lentiviral vector delivery platform (LentiVector®), which the Group leverages to develop in vivo and ex vivo products both in-house and with partners. The Group has created a valuable proprietary portfolio of gene and cell therapy product candidates in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, CNS disorders, liver diseases and respiratory disease. The Group has also entered into a number of partnerships, including with Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sio Gene Therapies, Orchard Therapeutics, Santen, Beam Therapeutics, Boehringer Ingelheim, the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium and Imperial Innovations, through which it has long-term economic interests in other potential gene and cell therapy products. Additionally the group has signed a 3 year master supply and development agreement with AstraZeneca for large-scale manufacturing of the adenoviral based COVID-19 vaccine. Oxford Biomedica is based across several locations in Oxfordshire, UK and employs more than 580 people. Further information is available at www.oxb.com
 
 
 
The person who arranged for the release of this announcement on behalf of Oxford Biomedica plc was John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer.
 

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