Biofusion Launches Absynth Biologics to Focus on New Treatments for MRSA infection
Biofusion has agreed to invest up to £325,000 in the Company to enable it to produce lead vaccine and therapeutic antibody candidates to begin the clinical trial process. Absynth's unique patented technology has been developed at the University of Sheffield and will be used to develop an MSRA vaccine and antibodies to treat significant MRSA related infections as well as other applications.
In accordance with all its new spin-out companies, Biofusion owns 100% of the university's share in Absynth, resulting in a 60% shareholding on incorporation.
The launch of Absynth brings the total number of companies in the Biofusion portfolio to 22, 15 based on research from the University of Sheffield and seven based on research from Cardiff University.
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