Berna Biotech Announces Two New Collaborations
· with the Australian-based biopharmaceutical company CSL regarding Aerugen for Australia and New Zealand · with the Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company Apoxis regarding recombinant protein production BERNE, Switzerland, June 22, 2005--Berna Biotech Ltd (SWX: BBIN) announced today two new collaborations: With CSL an exclusive commercialisation and licence agreement for AerugenÒ in Australia and New Zealand was signed. AerugenÒ is a vaccine for the prophylaxis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis patients and is expected to be launched in Europe in the year 2007. CSL Limited is a global, specialty biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets products to treat and prevent serious human medical conditions; Headquartered in Melbourne Australia, the CSL Group includes CSL Bioplasma, CSL Pharmaceutical and ZLB Behring incorporating ZLB Plasma Services. With Apoxis an agreement for clinical-grade, recombinant protein production and supply was signed: Berna will apply its mammalian- cell process development expertise and state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to the production of Apoxis' recombinant MegaFasL product for phase I clinical trials in oncology. Apoxis SA is a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company. Apoxis develops novel therapeutic proteins able to modulate apoptotic cell death (cell suicide). Apoptosis plays a central role in the regulation of cancer and autoimmune disease and its control, through agonistic or antagonistic molecules, holds great promise for the treatment of life-threatening diseases. For further information see http://www.apoxis.com No financial details were disclosed. For further information: Berna Biotech Ltd Patrik Richard Corporate Secretary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +41 (0) 31 980 64 91 www.bernabiotech.com CSL Ltd Dr Rachel David Director, Public Affairs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone 0401 775 779 www.csl.com.au Apoxis SA Cedric Haenni Chief Operation Officer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +41 (0)21 620 60 82 www.apoxis.com http://www.arizonabiotech.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/ http://www.arizonaentrepreneurs.com/ http://www.azhttp.com/ http://www.arizonabiotech.com/ <a href="http://www.arizonabiotech.com/";>Arizona Biotech</a> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/ <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/";>Biotech News</a> http://www.arizonaentrepreneurs.com/ <a href="http://www.arizonaentrepreneurs.com/";>Arizona Entrepreneurs</a> http://www.azhttp.com/ <a href="http://www.azhttp.com/";>Arizona High Tech</a> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
