Tessa Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine Execute Agreement For Global Commercial Rights to ‘Off-the-Shelf’ CAR-T Platform
“Allogeneic or ‘off-the-shelf’ CAR-T therapies have the potential to change the paradigm of cancer treatment, and we believe the allogeneic EBVST platform developed at the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, at Baylor College of Medicine places Tessa at the forefront of a very substantial therapeutic and business opportunity,” said Thomas Willemsen, Tessa’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Securing exclusive worldwide commercial rights for therapies developed using the EBVST platform is an important value driver for Tessa as we continue to advance TT11X as a potential treatment for CD30-positive lymphomas, while exploring opportunities to extend the technology to other cancer indications, including solid tumors.”
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