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AVEO Pharmaceuticals to Utilize Peptech's Breakthrough Technology to ''Humanise'' Internal Drug Candidates

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, October 18th, 2007

Peptech Limited (ASX: PTD) and AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced they have entered into a non-exclusive research and commercialisation agreement in which AVEO will access Peptech's Superhumanisation(TM) technology to humanise internally-derived drug candidates.

The Superhumanisation(TM) technology allows for modifying antibodies generated in animals so that they retain their essential therapeutic properties but appear "human-like" or "humanised" and will therefore not be rejected by the immune system of patients receiving them. Antibodies are the fastest growing class of drugs, with major product successes driving a continued high level of interest in this sector from...

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