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• The agreement expands its previous contract for research which the companies signed in 2021 to include a new target organ
• The new agreement will combine Pantherna's mRNA platform with Astellas' drug discovery capabilities to promote the research of regenerative medicine programs for new target organs by using a direct reprogramming approach and will promote the development of next-generation treatments using a new modality/technology based on the focus area approach strategy
• Astellas will lead the drug discovery ideas, preparing candidate compounds for technology evaluation, and perform research to develop therapeutic modality while Pantherna will lead the technical information and development support

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