Inhibition of VEGF-C is seen as a promising approach to restricting the blood and nutrient supply that supports tumor growth.
Vegenics licensed from CoGenesys exclusive, worldwide rights to human mAbs that target vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C). VEGF-C is believed to play an important role in promoting the formation of new blood vessels and the maintenance of existing blood vessels.
“Our partnership with Vegenics is a great example of our business model, in which multiple, early-stage partnering agreements will generate a continuing revenue stream to support our own internal development activities,” says Mark Rampy, CBO of CoGenesys.
