YTEN - Yield10 Bioscience Grants Nufarm a Commercial License to Omega-3 Assets for Producing Oil in Camelina and Yield10 and Nufarm sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Sale of Assets | Benzinga
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (OTC:YTEN) ("Yield10" or the "Company"), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that the Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") and License Agreement with Nuseed Nutritional US Inc. (the seed technologies platform of Nufarm Limited (ASX:NUF)), granting Nufarm a commercial license to certain Omega-3 intellectual property assets, materials and know-how for producing oil in Camelina. Nufarm and Yield10 have additionally agreed to immediately negotiate exclusively with each other for the sale of Yield10's remaining assets to Nufarm. The asset sale will require an affirmative vote from the shareholders of Yield10, and a special meeting of shareholders will be convened to seek that vote following the execution of the asset purchase agreement.
Producing omega-3 fatty acids in Camelina may represent a way to enable a predictable, land-based supply of high-quality omega-3 oils to meet the growing global demand for eicosatetraenoic acid ("EPA") and docosahexaenoic acid ("DHA"). Currently, the primary ...