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Myrio Therapeutics and Pure MHC, LLC Announce Research Collaboration to Develop Novel, Targeted Antibody-Based Cancer Therapies

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Pure MHC, LLC and Myrio Therapeutics Pty Ltd (Myrio) today announced a collaboration to develop new antibody-based oncology therapeutics. The companies will combine Pure MHC's proprietary offering of MHC peptide targets for oncology with Myrio's revolutionary Retained Display(tm) (ReD) antibody discovery process to initially create up to three novel therapies based on targets distinct to tumors across multiple types of cancer.

The cancer therapies resulting from this collaboration will represent a unique synergism: Myrio's ReD platform is differentiated in its ability to routinely identify antibodies that bind to peptides from intracellular proteins presented on the cell surface by major histocompatibility complex (MHC), and Pure MHC is a world-leader in the identification and validation of peptide/MHC (pMHC) targets. Antibodies to next generation pMHC oncology targets may provide more efficacious therapies, particularly for solid tumors, while minimizing off-target effects for patients.

Researchers at both companies expressed excitement at the prospect of combining these innovative approaches:

"The speed and flexibility of Myrio's ReD platform enables the generation of robust antibody-based therapies against challenging targets like pMHC with high affinity and specificity," said Myrio's CEO Pete Smith. "Pure MHC's curated pMHC targets are an excellent fit for our platform and substantially de-risk downstream development."

Pure MHC's Chief Scientist, William Hildebrand, PhD shared this enthusiasm, "Pure MHC is dedicated to the identification of pMHC complexes distinct to cancer and absent from healthy tissues. Peptide/MHC complexes for several oncology indications have been identified by Pure MHC as present on tumors yet absent from healthy tissue, and we are excited for Myrio to deploy their cutting-edge technology to engineer antibodies that recognize our targets with great specificity."

From a business perspective, these therapeutic candidates will bolster Myrio's existing portfolio of in-house assets while providing Pure MHC access to a powerful antibody platform that enables multiple therapeutic pipelines.

"Myrio's platform is not just an outstanding scientific fit, the collaboration represents a unique and exciting way for Pure MHC to deploy its novel target assets strategically," said Kris Looney, President of Pure MHC. "As we continue to provide targets from our pipeline to the market via more traditional partner licensing models, we felt the time was right to also establish our own therapeutic pipeline and have found exactly the collaborator we need in Myrio."

Pete Smith agreed, "With the close alignment of both scientific and business objectives between our two companies, a partnership between Myrio and Pure MHC just makes so much sense. We are excited about its potential."

The companies expect the collaboration to yield therapeutic candidates within the next twelve months.

About Myrio Therapeutics

Myrio Therapeutics is driving a new frontier of antibody-based therapies as the company's Retained Display(tm) (ReD) antibody platform offers identification of highly specific human antibodies that bind to peptide-MHC complexes. Myrio's antibodies can readily be converted into multispecific, CAR-T or other formats, dramatically increasing the target landscape for these modalities. Visit: http://www.myriotx.com/

About Pure MHC

Pure MHC, LLC is a platform technology company funded and managed by Emergent Technologies, Inc. with expertise in disease-specific target identification and validation as well as immunotherapeutic drug development for cancer, infectious disease, and autoimmune diseases. The Pure MHC target discovery technology was developed by Chief Scientist William Hildebrand, Ph.D., of the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. For more information, visit: https://puremhc.com/

About Emergent Technologies

Emergent Technologies, Inc. is an innovation solutions and technology commercialization leader headquartered in Austin, Texas. Visit: http://www.etibio.com/

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Pure MHC, LLC Announces Launch of Contract Research Service Division and Initial Collaboration Project with argenx

AUSTIN, Texas -- Pure MHC, LLC, a target discovery and development company, today announced the launch of its contract research services arm, Pure MHC Solutions, and an initial collaboration project with global immunology company, argenx.

Pure MHC Solutions will provide collaborators access to Pure MHC's unique tools, experience, intellectual property, and infrastructure in HLA peptide target discovery, presentation, validation, and related competencies in a discrete, project-based manner. Pure MHC's core technologies are broadly applicable for oncology, autoimmune, and infectious disease indications.

Using its proprietary suite of intellectual property and related tools, Pure MHC Solutions works with partners seeking to elucidate how drugs and immune therapies alter, block, or enhance HLA antigen presentation to T-cells. This information can be used to determine a drug's potential efficacy, its mechanism of action, or to assist in defining the potency and tuning strategies for novel therapeutics.

Additional services and tools offered by Pure MHC Solutions also include its Peptide HLA Immunotherapy Data Resource ("PHIDR"), which is a proprietary healthy tissue database and repository used to guide TCR-based immune therapies to disease-specific targets by eliminating HLA/peptide complexes found on healthy tissues.

Pure MHC Solutions' project with argenx will support a more robust understanding of how antigen presentation changes in the presence of specific therapeutic agents, enabling more dynamic decision-making for its therapeutic programs.

"We are excited to offer our unique set of tools and services to collaborators such as argenx to assist with their autoimmune therapy programs," said Pure MHC President Kris Looney, "Pure MHC Solutions is uniquely positioned to provide access to these tools and has the deep HLA expertise that we believe will help drive better outcomes not only for our partners, but ultimately, for their patients."

About Pure MHC

Pure MHC, LLC is a platform technology company funded and managed by Emergent Technologies, Inc. with expertise in disease-specific target identification and validation as well as immunotherapeutic drug development for cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases and allergy. The Pure MHC target discovery technology was developed by Chief Scientist William Hildebrand, Ph.D., of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Visit: www.puremhc.com

About Emergent Technologies

Emergent Technologies, Inc. is an innovation solutions and technology commercialization leader headquartered in Austin, Texas. Visit: www.etibio.com

Related link: https://puremhc.com/

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Pure MHC, LLC Announces Launch of its Peptide HLA Immunotherapy Data Resource following Collaboration with LifeNet Health

AUSTIN, Texas -- Pure MHC, LLC, a target discovery and development company, today announced the launch of its Peptide HLA Immunotherapy Data Resource ("PHIDR"), built through its collaboration with a trusted provider of transplant solutions and a leader in regenerative medicine, LifeNet Health.

The PHIDR healthy tissue database and repository will guide T Cell Receptor (TCR)-based immune therapy development to disease-specific targets by enabling developers to identify HLA/peptide complex targets found on healthy tissues. By screening potential target candidates against PHIDR, developers can confidently select, qualify, and focus efforts on those biomarker targets that minimize off-target or bystander effects.

The PHIDR database is representative of the full healthy human immunopeptidome as it includes HLA/peptide complexes expressed on multiple tissue samples from all over the body, with a focus on the vital organs. In addition to the peptide database, PHIDR includes a repository of matched cryopreserved tissue samples that enable complimentary orthogonal target validation techniques, including proteomics-based target quantification, genomics, and transcriptomics, on an as-needed basis.

For nearly 40 years, LifeNet Health has advanced medicine through the life-changing power of organ and tissue donation. Thanks to selfless donors, scientific discovery is advanced.

LifeNet Health LifeSciences has accelerated preclinical research and discovery through its growing portfolio of primary human cells and biospecimens for solutions that expedite research and allow the scientific community to develop and enhance new, safe therapies and medical breakthroughs.

"We are excited to offer access to the PHIDR database and repository to collaborators through our Pure MHC Solutions contract research arm," said Pure MHC President Kris Looney. "We could not have successfully built this resource without our collaborators at LifeNet Health. To be able to develop such a valuable resource for therapeutic development aligns nicely with LifeNet Health's mission to help patients live longer, healthier, and enjoy more active lives."

"We are proud to partner with Pure MHC and congratulate them on achieving success in their research efforts. Thanks to selfless donors, LifeNet Health is able to offer partners more than 40 types of biospecimens for research with over 200 protocols in place to meet the individual needs of researchers advancing scientific discovery," said Louis Dias, Vice President and General Manager of LifeNet Health LifeSciences. "The LifeNet Health LifeSciences team provides access to rare patient disease populations and enables researchers to unlock discoveries faster and with greater precision - offering the hope of new therapies to patients in need."

About Pure MHC

Pure MHC, LLC is a platform technology company funded and managed by Emergent Technologies, Inc. with expertise in disease-specific target identification and validation as well as immunotherapeutic drug development for cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases and allergy. The Pure MHC target discovery technology was developed by Chief Scientist William Hildebrand, Ph.D., of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Visit: www.puremhc.com

About LifeNet Health LifeSciences

LifeNet Health LifeSciences is an innovative leader, trusted collaborator, and reliable solutions provider - committed to advancing science, accelerating discovery, and optimizing outcomes. Leading the way in human in vitro biology, LifeSciences' game-changing innovations, currently under development, include models for the metabolic disease and oncology therapeutic areas and their related tools. For more information, go to www.LNHLifeSciences.org.

About Emergent Technologies

Emergent Technologies, Inc. is an innovation solutions and technology commercialization leader headquartered in Austin, Texas. Visit: www.etibio.com

Related link: https://puremhc.com/

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