Transgene - NEOVIVA project supporting the development of myvac(TM) awarded a €5.2 million grant from Bpifrance's "Investments for the Future" programme

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Strasbourg, France, March 13, 2019, 5:45 p.m. CET - Transgene (Euronext Paris: TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies against cancers and infectious diseases, announces that the NEOVIVA project was selected by the "Investments for the Future" (IFP) Programme (Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir) operated by Bpifrance for the development of an industrial sector focused on Transgene's individualized immunotherapy platform myvac(TM). Under the agreement, the NEOVIVA project will receive €5.2 million over the five-year duration of the program from Bpifrance, of which Transgene will receive €2.6 million.

Transgene holds the intellectual property of the myvac(TM) platform and is actively working to further develop this innovative technology in collaboration with its three French partners participating in the NEOVIVA project: HalioDx in Marseille, Traaser in Evry and the Curie Institute in Paris. The NEOVIVA project complements the already existing collaboration between Transgene and the Japanese company NEC focused on the clinical validation of an individualized immunotherapy based on artificial intelligence.
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