Antibody development

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Take your antibody from research to reality.

Give your research the best chance of success – without taking on any financial risk. 

When you collaborate with us, you’ll gain access to our advanced antibody technologies, support from our experienced scientists, and over 30 years of antibody expertise. 

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Who we partner with


We partner on projects with strong scientific rationale, clear commercial routes, and patient impact potential. 

Academic and research institutes

Biotech companies 

Start-ups

Your one-stop shop for antibody discovery and humanizaton


Our work in action

Keytruda®: the best-selling drug that nearly wasn’t

We saw potential in the antibody that would become Keytruda, at a time when success in immuno-oncology was far from certain.

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Humanizing the first unconjugated antibody against TROP-2

How we helped advance KisoJi Biotechnology’s antibody into clinical development.

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Antibodies, immunoglobulin Ig proteins 3D medical image. Immune system, IgM, IgG, IgE, IgD, IgA antibodies glycoproteins, specific antigens against virus. Vital components of the immunity responce

Bringing the first anti-IL17BR antibody closer to the clinic, for atopic dermatitis

An antibody we humanized has entered early-phase clinical trials.

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We wanted to work with a reputable partner to humanize our antibody – so we thought, ‘why not go to the best?’ We decided to partner with LifeArc because of their history, expertise and reputation, with some serious blockbuster antibodies under their belt.”

Gordan Ngan, VP Business Development, Kisoji Biotechnology 
Front cover of a LifeArc-branded antibody discovery and humanisation booklet reading "your partner for antibody discovery and humanisation"

Learn more about our antibody discovery and humanization capabilities

Other ways we can support you

Small molecule drug discovery

Access our state-of-the-art research facilities, gain support from our highly experienced scientists, and leverage our expertise. 

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Clinical trial support

We can help you progress healthcare innovations through clinical trials and into clinical use.

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Diagnostics development

We support all stages of diagnostics development, from assay design through to clinical validation

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