ProteoNic 2G UNic technology licensed by Ginkgo Bioworks

11 December 2025

Dutch privately-held company ProteoNic, a provider of premium vector technology for biopharmaceutical and viral vector production, today announced that its proprietary 2G UNic technology has been licensed by Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) for use in a project awarded to Ginkgo by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

The project, funded through BARDA’s Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium (BioMaP-Consortium), aims to develop innovations that strengthen and reduce the costs of domestic biomanufacturing of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to treat infection by filoviruses, such as Ebola (EBOV) and Sudan Virus (SUDV)

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