The license, which is co-owned by University of Maryland, Baltimore and Flagstaff-based Northern Arizona University, is for technology that forms the basis for a multivalent vaccine. Through the collaboration, Serenta Biotechnology will use its novel discovery platform to identify antigens produced in S. aureus infections. S. aureus bacteria are often antibiotic-resistant.
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In addition, Serenta Biotechnology hopes to use its antigen discovery platform in collaboration with University of Maryland, Baltimore to develop vaccines for other deadly pathogens, such as Streptococcus pyogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii.
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