Seattle’s Sonoma Biotherapeutics receives $45M milestone payment

Seattle-based Sonoma Biotherapeutics announced it received a $45 million payment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for meeting a significant milestone in its efforts to research, develop and commercialize therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and other ailments.

Sonoma is focused on treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases that cause a person’s immune system to attack the wrong cells. The company is pursuing treatments that use what are known as regulatory T (Treg) cells.

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