BeiGene Pays $45 Million Upfront for Global Rights to Shoreline Cell Therapies

On November 2, 2021 Beijing BeiGene reported a global collaboration to develop and commercialize four natural killer-based cell therapies discovered by San Diego’s Shoreline Biosciences (Press release, Shoreline Biosciences, NOV 2, 2021, View Source [SID1234594654]). BeiGene made a $45 million upfront payment and will be responsible for (unspecified) milestones, plus additional R&D funding and royalties. Shoreline is developing off-the-shelf, standardized and targeted natural killer and macrophage cellular immunotherapies, which it derives from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), primarily for cancer. Today, Shoreline closed a $140 million B round led by Ally Bridge Group.

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