IN BRIEF: Roquefort hails further MK studies, licence talks continue

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Roquefort Therapeutics PLC - London-based biotechnology company, focused on developing medicines for hard-to-treat cancers - Says it has continued studies on its MK cells in validated models of natural killer (NK) cell activation and cytotoxicity, showing an anti-cancer effect in leukaemia with superior efficacy to NK cells alone. Confirms that MK cells activate NK cells.

Company is also currently engaged in confidential out-licencing discussions. Potential partners include a specialist private equity fund and ‘large’ pharmaceutical companies. Negotiations include the Midkine antibodies and STAT-6 isRNA programmes, and relate to the Japan, Europe and US markets.

Chief Executive Officer Ajan Reginald says: ‘We have been making great progress across our pre-clinical drug development programs and are particularly excited with the recent results from our MK cell program which...has demonstrated both direct killing and natural killer cell activation in a commercially attractive field which has significant interest from large pharmaceutical companies.’

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