SAN DIEGO, Oct 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crown Bioscience today announced a strategic collaboration with NEXT Oncology to provide new clinically-relevant PDX models for preclinical drug development. The agreement establishes CrownBio as the exclusive global commercialization partner for all primary tumor PDX models generated by NEXT Oncology for the next five years.
These models will be developed from patients who are considering participation in early clinical trials, and incorporate the latest targeted therapies and immunotherapies, with a particular focus on mechanisms of resistance. The partnership will initially provide 350 PDX models to be established over the next five years, each model will be paired with critical characterization data and associated patient clinical history.