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Cellectis announces the closing of the sale of its Swedish subsidiary Cellectis AB to Takara Bio Inc.
[September 04, 2014]

Cellectis announces the closing of the sale of its Swedish subsidiary Cellectis AB to Takara Bio Inc.


PARIS --(Business Wire)--

Regulatory News:

Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS.PA) (Paris:ALCLS) a leader in the development of adoptive immunotherapies based on engineered allogeneic CART cells (UCART) today announces that it has closed the sale of its subsidiary Cellectis AB to Takara Bio Inc.

The financials terms have not been disclosed.

The Company now concentrates its activities in the field of oncology through the development of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) immunotherapy products generated through its allogeneic CAR-T platform, both on its own as well as in partnership with Servier and Pfizer.

About Cellectis

Cellectis is a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology. The company's mission is to develop a novel generation of therapy based on engineered T-cells to treat cancer. Cellectis capitalizes on its 14 years of expertise i genome engineering, based on TALEN™, meganucleases and the state-of-the-art electroporation technology Pulse (News - Alert) Agile, to create a new generation of cancer immunotherapy for treating leukemias and solid tumors. Cellectis adoptive cancer immunotherapy for chronic and acute leukemias is based on the first allogeneic T-cell chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technology. CAR technologies are designed to target surface antigens expressed on cells. These treatments reduce toxicities associated with current chemotherapeutics and have the potential for curative therapy. The Cellectis Group is focused on life sciences and uses leading genome engineering technologies to build innovative products in various fields and markets. Cellectis is listed on the NYSE Alternext market (ticker: ALCLS). To find out more about us, visit our website: www.cellectis.com



Disclaimer

This press release and the information contained herein do not constitute an offer to sell or subscribe, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for shares in Cellectis in any country. This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to the Company's objectives based on the current expectations and assumptions of the Company's management only and involve unforeseeable risk and uncertainties that could cause the Company to fail to achieve the objectives expressed by the forward-looking statements.



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