CureVac Partners with myNEO to Identify Novel Antigen Targets for mRNA-Based Cancer Vaccine Development
- CureVac is broadening its foundation in oncology, leveraging recent progress with its second-generation mRNA backbone
- The partnership combines CureVac’s mRNA technology with myNEO’s platform for the discovery and selection of tumor antigens predicted to elicit strong immune responses
- Together with myNEO, CureVac aims to identify specific antigens for the development of novel mRNA cancer vaccines
CureVac N.V., a global biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”), and myNEO N.V., a Belgium-based immunotherapy company, today announced that they have entered into a research and option agreement. Under the agreement, both companies aim to identify specific antigens found on the surface of tumors for the development of novel mRNA immunotherapies. To achieve this goal, myNEO will leverage its biological datasets and its integrated machine learning and bioinformatics platform to identify and validate specific antigen targets predicted to elicit a strong immune response.