NetworkNewsBreaks – Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECYT) Partners with Seattle Children’s Research Institute to Develop Endocyte’s SMDC Bi-Specific Adaptors for CAR T-cell Therapies
Shares of Endocyte (NASDAQ: ECYT) are up 10% following the company’s early announcement of its collaboration with Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Dr. Michael Jensen. The partnership will develop Endocyte’s SMDC platform in the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) immunotherapy setting through the use of Endocyte’s proprietary SMDC bi-specific adaptor molecules. The goal of the research collaboration is to move these potentially enabling technologies more quickly to patients in the clinic. “This partnership brings together Dr. Jensen’s expertise in the discovery and development of CAR T-cell therapies and Endocyte’s SMDC platform, with the aim of improving the efficacy and…