Eterna Therapeutics Acquires Allogeneic Immuno-Oncology Platform From Exacis Biotherapeutics
Acquiring Company
Eterna Therapeutics
Acquired Company
Allogeneic Immuno-Oncology
Description
Eterna Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ERNA) (“Eterna” or the “Company”), a life science company committed to realizing the potential of mRNA cell engineering to provide patients with transformational new medicines, today announced the acquisition of the global immuno-oncology platform of Exacis Biotherapeutics (“Exacis”). The acquisition complements Eterna’s core business with a pipeline of allogeneic immuno-oncology products under development for the treatment of hematologic and solid tumors and provides Eterna with an exclusive global license to produce an unlimited number of mRNA-engineered natural killer (NK) and T-cell therapies derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).