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MaxCyte Signs Strategic Platform License with Prime Medicine to Advance Next-Generation Gene Editing Therapies for Patients

Key Takeaway: MaxCyte, Inc. has signed a strategic partnership with Prime Medicine to advance gene editing therapies. Under the agreement, Prime Medicine gains access to MaxCyte's Flow Electroporation technology and ExPERT platform. This partnership is expected to enhance the development of differentiated, one-time curative genetic therapies. MaxCyte will benefit from annual license fees and related revenues, marking its 23rd strategic partnership in this domain.

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  • MaxCyte has signed a strategic partnership with Prime Medicine.
  • The agreement supports breakthrough gene editing technology.
  • MaxCyte will receive annual license fees and program-related revenue.

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ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MaxCyte, Inc., (Nasdaq: MXCT; LSE: MXCT), a leading, cell-engineering focused company providing enabling platform technologies to advance the discovery, development and commercialization of next-generation cell-based therapeutics and to support innovative, cell-based research, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Prime Medicine, Inc., a biotechnology company committed to delivering a new class of differentiated one-time curative genetic therapies.
Under the terms of the agreement, Prime Medicine obtains non-exclusive clinical and commercial rights to use MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform. In return, MaxCyte is entitled to receive annual license fees and program-related revenue.
“We are pleased to partner with Prime Medicine and support their breakthrough gene editing technology,” said Doug Doerfler, President and CEO of MaxCyte. “The company’s innovative vision and transformative scientific approach are clearly reshaping how genetic diseases are studied and ultimately will be treated.”
Prime Medicine is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to creating and delivering the next generation of gene editing therapies to patients. The Company is leveraging its proprietary Prime Editing platform, a versatile, precise and efficient gene editing technology, to develop a new class of differentiated, one-time, potentially curative genetic therapies. Designed to make only the right edit at the right position within a gene while minimizing unwanted DNA modifications, Prime Editors have the potential to repair almost all types of genetic mutations and work in many different tissues, organs and cell types.
MaxCyte’s ExPERT™ instrument portfolio is the next generation of leading, clinically-validated electroporation technology for complex and scalable cell engineering. By delivering high transfection efficiency, seamless scalability, and enhanced functionality, the ExPERT™ platform delivers the high-end performance essential to enabling the next wave of biological and cellular therapeutics. Prime Medicine is MaxCyte’s 23rd strategic partnership overall, each of which generates pre-commercial milestone revenue and the vast majority of which include sales-based payments.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the partnership between MaxCyte and Prime Medicine?

MaxCyte partnered with Prime Medicine to enable the use of its Flow Electroporation® technology for gene editing therapies.

What technology does Prime Medicine use?

Prime Medicine utilizes its proprietary Prime Editing platform for precise gene editing.

What rights does Prime Medicine have under the agreement?

Prime Medicine gains non-exclusive clinical and commercial rights to MaxCyte’s technology.

How does the ExPERT™ platform benefit cell engineering?

The ExPERT™ platform enhances transfection efficiency and scalability for cell engineering.

What revenue can MaxCyte expect from this partnership?

MaxCyte will earn annual license fees and program-related revenue from this partnership.

Last updated: Aug 1, 2023