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This excerpt taken from the ABII 10-K filed Mar 12, 2010.

Immunotherapeutics and Related Assay Systems

The technologies licensed from the Buck Institute also included a novel immunotherapeutic/anti-cancer compound (T9) and highly sensitive cell-based assay systems for the discovery of additional immune-modulating

 

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drugs. Immune-modulating drugs represent an emerging class of therapies with broad clinical application in the treatment of cancer, allergies, inflammation, autoimmunity and tissue transplantation. T9 is a highly potent bi-functional molecule with the ability to kill cancer cells and to activate the immune response to recognize cancer cells in a manner analogous to childhood vaccination.

T9 was originally discovered using robust ultra-sensitive cell-based assay systems that respond to minute amounts of potential immune-modulating drugs. Over time, these systems were further modified to allow for their use in high throughput screens for the identification of compounds that can control the magnitude and quality of the immune response. The immune-modulating high throughput screening systems (IMHTSS) technologies are important tools for the discovery of novel agents that modulate the immune response through controlling the type and degree of inflammation. “Hits” resulting from the screening of synthetic and natural product libraries using the IMHTSS technologies are anticipated to be further developed to act as immune adjuvants in improving existing vaccination platforms or to inhibit the immune response in the context of allergies (such as asthma) or autoimmune diseases (such as type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus).

This excerpt taken from the ABII 10-K filed Mar 6, 2009.

Immunotherapeutics and Related Assay Systems

The technologies licensed from the Buck Institute also included a novel immunotherapeutic/anti-cancer compound (T9) and highly sensitive cell-based assay systems for the discovery of additional immune-modulating drugs. Immune-modulating drugs represent an emerging class of therapies with broad clinical application in the treatment of cancer, allergies, inflammation, autoimmunity and tissue transplantation. T9 is a highly potent bi-functional molecule with the ability to kill cancer cells and to activate the immune response to recognize cancer cells in a manner analogous to childhood vaccination.

T9 was originally discovered using robust ultra-sensitive cell-based assay systems which respond to minute amounts of potential immune-modulating drugs. Over time, these systems were further modified to allow for their use in high throughput screens for the identification of compounds that can control the magnitude and quality of the immune response. The immune-modulating high throughput screening systems (IMHTSS) technologies are important tools for the discovery of novel agents which modulate the immune response through controlling the type and degree of inflammation. “Hits” resulting from the screening of synthetic and natural product libraries using the IMHTSS technologies are anticipated to be further developed to act as immune adjuvants in improving existing vaccination platforms or to inhibit the immune response in the context of allergies (such as asthma) or autoimmune diseases (such as type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus).

These excerpts taken from the ABII 10-K filed Mar 31, 2008.

Immunotherapeutics and Related Assay Systems

The technologies licensed from the Buck Institute also included a novel immunotherapeutic/anti-cancer compound (T9) and highly sensitive cell-based assay systems for the discovery of additional immune-modulating drugs. Immune-modulating drugs represent an emerging class of therapies with broad clinical application in the treatment of cancer, allergies, inflammation, autoimmunity and tissue transplantation. T9 is a highly potent bi-functional molecule with the ability to kill cancer cells and to activate the immune response to recognize cancer cells in a manner analogous to childhood vaccination.

 

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T9 was originally discovered using robust ultra-sensitive cell-based assay systems which respond to minute amounts of potential immune-modulating drugs. Over time, these systems were further modified to allow for their use in high throughput screens for the identification of compounds that can control the magnitude and quality of the immune response. The immune-modulating high throughput screening systems (IMHTSS) technologies are important tools for the discovery of novel agents which modulate the immune response through controlling the type and degree of inflammation. “Hits” resulting from the screening of synthetic and natural product libraries using the IMHTSS technologies are anticipated to be further developed to act as immune adjuvants in improving existing vaccination platforms or to inhibit the immune response in the context of allergies (such as asthma) or autoimmune diseases (such as type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus).

Immunotherapeutics and Related Assay
Systems

The technologies licensed from the Buck Institute also included a novel immunotherapeutic/anti-cancer compound (T9) and highly
sensitive cell-based assay systems for the discovery of additional immune-modulating drugs. Immune-modulating drugs represent an emerging class of therapies with broad clinical application in the treatment of cancer, allergies, inflammation,
autoimmunity and tissue transplantation. T9 is a highly potent bi-functional molecule with the ability to kill cancer cells and to activate the immune response to recognize cancer cells in a manner analogous to childhood vaccination.

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T9 was originally discovered using robust ultra-sensitive cell-based assay systems which respond to
minute amounts of potential immune-modulating drugs. Over time, these systems were further modified to allow for their use in high throughput screens for the identification of compounds that can control the magnitude and quality of the immune
response. The immune-modulating high throughput screening systems (IMHTSS) technologies are important tools for the discovery of novel agents which modulate the immune response through controlling the type and degree of inflammation.
“Hits” resulting from the screening of synthetic and natural product libraries using the IMHTSS technologies are anticipated to be further developed to act as immune adjuvants in improving existing vaccination platforms or to inhibit the
immune response in the context of allergies (such as asthma) or autoimmune diseases (such as type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus).

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This excerpt taken from the ABII 8-K filed Nov 8, 2007.

Immunotherapeutics and Related Assay Systems

The technologies licensed from the Buck Institute also included a novel immunotherapeutic/anti-cancer compound (T9) and highly sensitive cell-based assay systems for the discovery of additional immune-modulating drugs. Immune-modulating drugs represent an emerging class of therapies with broad clinical application in the treatment of cancer, allergies, inflammation, autoimmunity and tissue transplantation. T9 is a highly potent bi-functional molecule with the ability to kill cancer cells and to activate the immune response to recognize cancer cells in a manner analogous to childhood vaccination.

T9 was originally discovered using robust ultra-sensitive cell-based assay systems which respond to minute amounts of potential immune-modulating drugs. Over time, these systems were further modified to allow for their use in high throughput screens for the identification of compounds that can control the magnitude and quality of the immune response. The immune-modulating high throughput screening systems (IMHTSS) technologies are important tools for the discovery of novel agents which modulate the immune response through controlling the type and degree of inflammation. “Hits” resulting from the screening of synthetic and natural product libraries using the IMHTSS technologies are anticipated to be further developed to act as immune adjuvants in improving existing vaccination platforms or to inhibit the immune response in the context of allergies (such as asthma) or autoimmune diseases (such as type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus).

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