FivePrime Therapeutics has entered into research and commercial agreements with Biowa and Lonza to use their Potelligent CHOK1SV Cell Line for the research, development and production of multiple proprietary antibodies in FivePrime's oncology pipeline.

Potelligent CHOK1SV is a host cell line for manufacturing recombinant antibodies that combines the power of Biowa's engineered glycosylation Potellingent Technology with the advantages of Lonza's proprietary GS Gene Expression Systems, which includes the industry-leading CHOK1SV cell line.