United Immunity, Co., Ltd. has entered into a joint research agreement as of December 2020 with Xyphos Biosciences, Inc., (California, US), a subsidiary of Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo, Japan).
Astellas Pharma announced the company has acquired Xyphos Biosciences. With the acquisition Astellas will gain Xyphos' novel and proprietary ACCEL (Advanced Cellular Control through Engineered Ligands) technology platform.