Jacob Glanville is an admirer of the human immune system — but he thinks we can do better.
scientist who received his Ph.D. in immunology from Stanford, has for years been obsessed with disrupting the immunity business. Since co-founding Distributed Bio in 2012, from which Centivax emerged, he has sought to develop better flu vaccines and cheaper antibody drugs that could block common infectious diseases.
Most useful antibodies are discovered in the blood of patients who have recovered from infection. Some altruistic survivors of COVID-19 can donate bags of their antibody-rich plasma to hospitals for use as a treatment on those still infected, but this trickle is no match for the ongoing flood of coronavirus cases. But especially helpful antibodies are not donated; they are manufactured in mass quantities and sold.
To improve things, Centivax has partnered with Swiftscale Biologics, a firm that specializes in rapid bacterial production “We are impressed by the potential of Centivax’s highly potent antibodies and are excited to help accelerate their manufacturing scaleup,” Said David Mace, CEO and co-founder of Swiftscale Biologics.
Competitors to Centivax such as Dupont and Millipore are aiming to have their own optimized COVID-19 antibodies produced through traditional methods ready for clinical testing by November or December. Glanville says that his product could be available for widespread compassionate use by then, assuming clinical testing goes well.
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