Almirall licenses IL-21 antibody from Novo Nordisk
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Almirall has signed a licensing agreement for the acquisition of worldwide rights to Novo Nordisk’s IL21-hindering antibody NN-8828.
MSD secures worldwide license for LaNova’s LM-299
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
MSD has secured an exclusive worldwide license from LaNova Medicines for developing, manufacturing, and commercialising the latter’s new investigational programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) bispecific antibody, LM-299.
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Aclaris Therapeutics secures global rights to Biosion’s antibodies
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Aclaris Therapeutics has secured an exclusive license from Biosion for the global rights to two new antibodies.
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Nxera Pharma and Antiverse to design antibodies targeting GPCRs
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Nxera Pharma has entered a collaboration and licensing agreement with Antiverse to design antibodies for GPCRs.
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Daiichi Sankyo links up with Korea's Alteogen on subcutaneous Enhertu in $300M licensing deal
Fierce Pharma
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
A subcutaneous version of Daiichi Sankyo’s AstraZeneca-partnered blockbuster antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Enhertu could be in the works from Korea’s Alteogen following a licensing deal worth up to | Alteogen will use its human hyaluronidase hybridization platform to develop a subcutaneous formulation of the blockbuster antibody-drug conjugate.
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Specialised Therapeutics licenses CanariaBio’s ovarian cancer antibody
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Specialised Therapeutics has entered an agreement to license Korea-based CanariaBio’s oregovomab for treating ovarian cancer.
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Sterling Pharma Solutions Granted MIA (IMP) License by MHRA for cGMP Antibody-Drug Conjugate Manufacturing at its Facility in Deeside, UK
Pharma Mirror
APRIL 18, 2023
The license allows Sterling to manufacture antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for clinical use in its current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliant manufacturing facility in Deeside, UK.
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AbbVie licenses OSE’s chronic inflammation therapy for $48m upfront
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
AbbVie will pay $48m in upfront costs and up to $665m in milestone payments to license OSE’s monoclonal antibody OSE-230.
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Twist Bioscience and Astellas team up for antibody discovery
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 21, 2023
Twist Bioscience and Astellas Pharma have entered a collaboration to help the latter to discover antibodies for immunotherapies. In May 2022, they signed a research partnership and exclusive option licence agreement for the development of antibodies to reduce tumour microenvironment-mediated immunosuppression.
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Ono, Boehringer add to cancer pipelines with licensing deals
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Ono Pharma and Boehringer Ingelheim both added to their cancer pipelines, licensing drugs from LigaChem Bio and Circle Pharma, respectively.Ono's deal with South Korean antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) specialist LigaChem is worth up to $700 million and covers a license to a preclinical-stage candidate for solid tumours, as well as an R&D collaboration (..)
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Almirall and EpimAb partner to develop bispecific antibody therapies
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Almirall will license EpimAb’s Fabs-In-Tandem Immunoglobulin (FIT-Ig) platform to develop up to three bispecific antibody targets.
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LegoChem partners Glycotope to develop antibody-drug conjugate
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 17, 2023
LegoChem Biosciences has entered an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Glycotope to develop an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC).
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AstraZeneca to deliver Covid-19 antibody therapy doses to Switzerland
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 21, 2022
AstraZeneca has signed a deal with the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) of Switzerland to deliver over 1,200 doses of antibody therapy, tixagevimab and cilgavimab combination (AZD7442), for Covid-19 prevention and treatment. In June 2020, these antibodies, discovered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, were licensed to AstraZeneca.
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Biogen licenses Denali’s amyloid beta programme for Alzheimer’s
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 13, 2023
Biogen has exercised an option to license Denali Therapeutics ’ (Denali) programme to develop immunotherapies for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. ATV: Aβ uses Denali’s ATV technology to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and increase brain exposure to antibodies.
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ASCO puts spotlight on advancing antibody-drug conjugate pipeline
Bio Pharma Dive
MAY 25, 2023
Study abstracts released Thursday give investors and analysts a better look at cancer treatments recently licensed by Merck and BioNTech as well as fresh details on other closely watched ADC candidates.
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AbbVie announces acquisition of DJS Antibodies for $255m
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 21, 2022
AbbVie has announced the acquisition of UK-based biotechnology firm DJS Antibodies for nearly $255m in cash at closing. DJS focuses on the discovery and development of antibody therapies that act on difficult-to-drug disease-causing proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
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BioNTech licenses bispecific antibody for cancer in $1 billion deal
BioPharma Reporter
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The German mRNA giant BioNTech has sealed a pact worth up to $1 billion with Biotheus to develop the Chinese biotech companyâs bispecific antibody cancer drug PM8002 in all territories except for Greater China.
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US FDA approves Eisai-Biogen’s antibody for Alzheimer’s
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 9, 2023
Eisai and Biogen have received approval for their antibody Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) , 100mg/mL injection for intravenous use, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Accelerated Approval Pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The regulatory approval is based on the data obtained from the Phase II trial.
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MSD adds bispecific cancer antibody via $1.3bn Curon deal
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 12, 2024
MSD adds a bispecific antibody for blood cancers and autoimmune diseases to its pipeline via a $1.3bn licensing deal with Curon Biopharma.
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Adcendo licenses Multitude anti-TF ADC in $1bn+ deal
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 20, 2024
Danish biotech Adcendo has accelerated its progression to a clinical-stage biotech by licensing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) from China's Multitude Therapeutics with potential in various forms of cancer.Copenhagen-based Adcendo is paying what is rumours to be tens of millions of dollars in upfront fees for rights to Multitude's anti-tissue factor (..)
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Twist and Ildong to develop antibodies for immuno-oncology applications
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 1, 2022
Ildong Pharmaceutical will licence a suite of Twist Bioscience's VHH antibody libraries after the two companies entered a partnership agreement. Twist's VHH libraries, used for discovering and developing antibodies for use in immuno-oncology, will be licensed by Ildong for three years for research and development works. .
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Brii Bio acquires Vir’s antibody rights for Hepatitis B in Greater China
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 4, 2022
Brii Biosciences (Brii Bio) has exercised an option for the acquisition of exclusive development and marketing rights for Vir Biotechnology’s investigational antibody, VIR-3434, for Hepatitis B in Greater China, under a partnership agreement. The mAb is presently in the Phase II development stage.
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LegoChem, Amgen partner to develop antibody drug conjugates
Pharmaceutical Technology
DECEMBER 26, 2022
LegoChem Biosciences and Amgen have signed a multi-target research collaboration and license agreement to develop antibody-drug conjugates (ADC). Till date, the company has signed a total of 12 ADC licensing deals, worth more than $5bn.
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Syncromune and Eucure enter antibody licence deal
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Syncromune and Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals’ wholly owned subsidiary Eucure Biopharma have entered an exclusive global licence agreement for OX40 antibody YH002 and two other active ingredients. . Syncromune president and CEO Eamonn Hobbs said: “We are excited to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement with Eucure/Biocytogen.
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Biocytogen and ADC to evaluate antibodies for three cancer targets
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals and ADC Therapeutics have signed an assessment and option agreement for evaluating antibodies against three tumour targets. Under the deal, ADC Therapeutics will receive a licence from Biocytogen to evaluate the latter’s antibodies against the targets.
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OncoVerity eyes cusatuzumab development in AML after licensing rights
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 28, 2023
On March 27, OncoVerity announced the acquisition of worldwide licensing rights of the anti-CD70 monoclonal antibody cusatuzumab from the biotech argenx. Alongside this, the company closed a $30 million Series A, which came from both argenx and the venture of UCHealth and the University License Equity Holdings.
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Janssen Licenses "Flexible Antibody" Technology from F-star in New Collab
BioSpace
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The license and collaboration agreement allows Janssen to use F-star’s proprietary technology in the research, development and commercialization of novel bispecific antibodies.
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Gilead partners with MacroGenics for bispecific antibody development
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Gilead Sciences has entered an exclusive option and partnership agreement with MacroGenics for developing bispecific antibodies. MGD024 is an investigational bispecific antibody that attaches to CD123 and CD3. The post Gilead partners with MacroGenics for bispecific antibody development appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.
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Biogen, aiming for a better Alzheimer’s therapy, licenses a Denali program
Bio Pharma Dive
APRIL 13, 2023
The program is part of Denali’s “transport vehicle” platform, which uses drugmaking technology to shepherd large therapeutic molecules like antibodies across the so-called blood-brain barrier.
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Avidity, Kymera raise fresh funds; Walgreens partners with BARDA
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 20, 2024
In addition to new stock offerings, this week saw Merck license an antibody drug conjugate and BARDA further work trying to innovate remote clinical trials.
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Adcendo and Duality Biologics sign license deal for ADC platform
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 6, 2023
Danish biotech company Adcendo has entered into a licence agreement with Duality Biologics on the next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) platform. The post Adcendo and Duality Biologics sign license deal for ADC platform appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.
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US FDA grants fast track designation for Jasper’s antibody to treat SCID
Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to Jasper Therapeutics’ antibody, JSP191, for the treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) patients who undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. . The antibody was also analysed in a total of more than 110 healthy subjects and patients. .
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Jazz drug for tremor fails study; Radiopharma drug developer ITM swaps CEOs
Bio Pharma Dive
JUNE 21, 2024
Elsewhere, Vanda rejected two takeover bids and Ashibio emerged from stealth with an antibody licensed from Gilead. A medicine Jazz acquired in 2019 missed the goal of a Phase 2 study.
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Plant-based biopharma firm iBio licenses novel antibody targeting regulatory T cells
BioPharma Reporter
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Anti-CD25 antibodies have emerged as one of the most promising next-generation cancer therapeutics, says US plant-based manufacturer of therapeutics and vaccines, iBio, as it enters the field.
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Ipsen licenses ‘cutting-edge’ ADC from Sutro Biopharma in $900m deal
BioPharma Reporter
APRIL 2, 2024
Ipsen is expanding its oncology pipeline by securing the global licensing rights to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for solid tumors from Sutro Biopharma, its first drug in the category.
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Merck Expands ADC Footprint with $9.3B Kelun Licensing Deal
BioSpace
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Merck entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Chinese company Kelun-Biotech to develop seven antibody-drug conjugates candidates against oncology targets.
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Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 10, 2023
Astellas has licensed rights to a drug developed by Selecta Biosciences that could make more patients eligible for treatment with its gene therapy for inherited neuromuscular disorder Pompe disease. The post Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy appeared first on.
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