Industry: Health Care – Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
Stock Symbol: IMTX – NASDAQ
Animal Usage: Animal Testing
Immatics N.V. is on the Cruelty Free Investing use of animals list because they conduct pre-clinical studies of their drugs on animals to assess a product’s safety profile.
Supporting Evidence:
The company stated in the following report that they exploit animals for product testing.
“We are using a semi-closed, partially automated manufacturing process for IMA203 and is currently moving towards a commercially compatible manufacturing process for all ACTengine programs that is automated and utilizes closed manufacturing systems available on the market. Additional manufacturing improvements being developed include the use of selected T cell subsets, as well as manufacturing processes that use chemically defined media free from human or animal derived serum.” (Page 100) Read the full document
Immatics NV is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is based in the Netherlands. The Company is focused on the discovery and development of T-Cell eceptors with the goal of enabling a robust and specific T-Cell response against these targets.
Company Website: https://immatics.com