Dendritic Cells

Drug Classes

Our goal is clear: we want to provide better medicines for patients worldwide. mRNA is one of four drug classes our scientists have been researching and developing since the early 2000s. mRNA is our most advanced technology. We also have three additional technologies in our toolbox – cell therapies, small molecules and antibodies – which we believe can work for other purposes or can be even combined in a synergistic manner.  

Our drug platforms are highly versatile and support the fast development of scalable manufacturing processes. We develop and establish highly digitalized and automated manufacturing technologies and quality-controlled processes enabling fast delivery of customized therapies comprising off-the-shelf drugs, on-demand immunotherapies, and combinations of both.

Our four drug classes - the right tools in the fight against cancer and infectious diseases:

Therapeutic Modalities

While our focus historically has been on immuno-oncology, we are investing to expand the application spectrum of our technology toolkit to address a broader range of immunological targets and mechanisms of action. This means building out our platforms and developing new complementary approaches which harness the full power of the immune system.   

Oncology

Virus

Allergy

Inflammatory diseases

 Auto-Immune

Regenerative medicine

Oncology

Virus

Allergy

 Auto-Immune

Inflammatory diseases

Regenerative medicine

Oncology

Virus

Allergy

Inflammatory diseases

 Auto-Immune

Regenerative medicine

A new era of immunotherapy 

We believe our technology toolkit will enable us to bring forward new product paradigms that broaden the disease horizon beyond oncology and infectious disease – to allergy, auto-immune and inflammatory diseases, and even regenerative medicine.  

Oncology

Virus

Allergy

Inflammatory diseases

Auto-Immune

Regenerative medicine

We aim to expand on traditional therapeutic approaches 

This includes mRNA vaccines for other infectious diseases, where our technology has the potential to improve efficacy or producibility beyond what has been achievable with current vaccine technologies. We also see opportunity for new modalities such as mRNA cancer vaccines, or immunotherapies based on mRNA-encoded proteins, such as our RiboMab and RiboCytokine platforms.

We are also working on our toolkit to develop new disruptive modalities at the intersection of mRNA and cell therapy, such as our CARVac approach. Here, we use a mRNA vaccine to boost T cell persistence in vivo.  

We will continue to combine our immunology expertise and powerful suite of technologies to unlock this new therapeutic universe of opportunities. 

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