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DARPA and JPEO Award Contract to SmartPharm, a Subsidiary of Sorrento, for Development of Rapid Countermeasure Against COVID-19 Using Gene-Encoded Neutralizing Antibodies
2020-11-27 05:00 PT - News Release
- Initial funding of up to $34 million for the project “Gene Mabs: A Scalable, Economic, Gene-Encoded Protective Antibody Platform Against Coronavirus” (HR0011-21-9-0015) to support the development of an STI-2020-encoded Gene MAbTM through Phase 2 clinical studies.
- STI-2020-encoded Gene MAb is in development for intramuscular injection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variant strains to produce potent STI-2020 nAbs in the body.
- STI-2020-encoded Gene MAb products can potentially be stored at refrigerator temperatures, avoiding some of the cold chain management challenges associated with the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines currently in development.
- Sorrento has a cGMP facility in place to meet initial production demand and Sorrento expects that STI-2020-encoded Gene MAb can be produced in large quantity to meet potentially high demand.