VERTEX AND TREEFROG THERAPEUTICS ANNOUNCE LICENSING AGREEMENT AND COLLABORATION TO OPTIMIZE PRODUCTION OF VERTEX’S CELL THERAPIES FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES
BOSTON and BORDEAUX, France, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) and TreeFrog Therapeutics today announced that Vertex has obtained an exclusive license to TreeFrog’s proprietary cell manufacturing technology, C-StemTM, to optimize production of Vertex’s cell therapies for type 1 diabetes (T1D). TreeFrog and Vertex will collaborate to scale-up TreeFrog’s process to produce and amplify cells for Vertex’s T1D therapies.