Dyadic International, Inc. ("Dyadic") (NASDAQ: DYAI) announced that its C1 strain has been successfully glyco-engineered to impart the core human like G0 glycan structure at high levels. The G0 glycosylation data was presented by Dr Markku Saloheimo from VTT at the PEGS Europe Protein & Antibody Engineering Summit conference in Portugal on November 21, 2019.
Dyadic is a global biotechnology company focused on further improving and applying its proprietary C1 gene expression platform to accelerate development, lower production costs and improve the performance of biologic vaccines, drugs, and other biologic products at flexible commercial scales.
The exceptionally high level of G0 glycans reached through our glycoengineering work with C1 was a very important interim goal in our ongoing C1 research and development program with Dyadic where we expect to develop additional C1 strains capable of producing complex human glycoforms, such as G0F, G2, and G2F. Combined with the great advances we have reached in increasing the production levels of monoclonal antibodies and other target proteins, the glycoengineered C1 strains provide a firm foundation for affordable production of biopharmaceuticals in C1 for patients all over the globe,
The scientific results are outlined in the presentation of Saloheimo entitled ''Novel Highly Productive Production System for Biotherapeutics: Filamentous Fungus Myceliophthora thermophila''.
This is a key milestone for our C1 glyco-engineering program where we are targeting the development of C1 strains which are capable of imparting various human like glycoforms such as G0, G0F, G2, and G2F on various types of therapeutic proteins. Reaching G0 glycosylation levels of up to 95% has exceeded our initial objective of 90% and is an important breakthrough for our C1 gene expression platform,
These exciting results further support our recent decision to accelerate our C1 glyco-engineering research program which we expect will allow us and our collaborators to apply C1 for broader uses in the development and manufacture of glyco biologics such as Fc-Fusion proteins and monoclonal antibodies. The very high level of the G0 glycan structure that was achieved will serve as the building block for additional important mammalian glycan structures being developed for use in biologic products for animal and human health,
About Dyadic International
Dyadic International, Inc. is a global biotechnology company which is developing what it believes will be a potentially significant biopharmaceutical gene expression platform based on the fungus Myceliophthora thermophila, named C1. The C1 microorganism, which enables the development and large scale manufacture of low-cost proteins, has the potential to be further developed into a safe and efficient expression system that may help speed up the development, lower production costs and improve the performance of biologic vaccines and drugs at flexible commercial scales. Dyadic is using the C1 technology and other technologies to conduct research, development and commercial activities for the development and manufacturing of human and animal vaccines and drugs (such as virus like particles (VLPs) and antigens), monoclonal antibodies, Fab antibody fragments, Fc-Fusion proteins, biosimilars and/or biobetters, and other therapeutic proteins. Recently, Dyadic has also begun exploring the use of its C1 technology and other technologies to conduct research, development and commercial activities for the development and manufacturing of Adeno-associated viral vectors (AAV), certain metabolites and other biologic products. Dyadic pursues research and development collaborations, licensing arrangements and other commercial opportunities with its partners and collaborators to create synergy by leveraging Dyadic's technologies in development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. In particular, as the aging population grows in developed and undeveloped countries, Dyadic believes the C1 technology may help bring biologic vaccines, drugs and other biologic products to market faster, in greater volumes, at lower cost, and with new properties to drug developers and manufacturers, and as a result improve access and cost to patients and the healthcare system, and most importantly, save lives.
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