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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.
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.
Sanofi announced data from a real-world clinical trial that demonstrated its RSV antibody nirsevimab delivered an 83% reduction in hospitalisations in infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD). Nirsevimab is being jointly developed between Sanofi and AstraZeneca.
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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.
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.
LegoChem Biosciences and Amgen have signed a multi-target research collaboration and license agreement to develop antibody-drug conjugates (ADC). The company will also be eligible for tiered royalties as a percentage of global commercial sales of the products.
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.
Precision oncology firm Corbus Pharmaceuticals and CSPC Megalith Biopharmaceutical have entered an exclusive licensing agreement for the latter’s new clinical stage antibody drug conjugate (ADC), CRB-701 (SYS6002). upfront payment and eligible for royalties on net sales. According to the agreement, CSPC will receive a $7.5m
AbbVie is to begin clinical development of an antibody designed to neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after licensing the therapy in from Harbour BioMed and Utrecht University. AbbVie has begun a phase 1 clinical trial of the antibody, with clinical development beginning in the US and expanding into Europe.
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GlaxoSmithKline’s pitch to shareholders kicked off this afternoon with an optimistic view of its late-stage pipeline – including some big sales predictions for products like its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine and new blood cancer drug Blenrep. billion takeover of Tesaro in 2019. £1 mRNA ambitions. mRNA ambitions.
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Medivir, IGM Biosciences enters into an exclusive licensing agreement for Birinapant. Medivir AB has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with IGM Biosciences to receive global, exclusive development rights for Birinapant. AvantGen Enters into a Licensing Agreement for its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies with IGM Biosciences.
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Sanofi has joined a growing list of drugmakers going after alpha-synuclein targeting drugs for Parkinson’s disease, licensing a bispecific antibody from South Korea’s ABL Bio in a deal that could be worth more than $1 billion. Despite the interest, there have already been some failures in the alpha-synuclein category.
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Japan’s Eisai has hit the jackpot with its first ever antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) drug candidate, attracting a licensing deal from Bristol-Myers Squibb that could top out at more than $3.1 antibody with cell-killing drug eribulin – sold on its own by Eisai as Halaven.
Using CytomX’s Probody and Regeneron’s Veloci-Bi platforms, the collaboration and licensing agreement aims to enable the development of investigational next-generation bispecific immunotherapies. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.
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Seagen also will make potential development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments of up to nearly $650m, as well as royalty payments on the sales of the product in the future. According to the deal, Lava will receive an upfront payment of $50m from Seagen for the exclusive worldwide licence of LAVA-1223.
Q32 will also receive tiered royalty payments on net sales. antibody, ADX-914 re-regulates adaptive immune function by hindering IL-7 and TSLP-facilitated signalling. On Horizon exercising the option, Q32 could be entitled to further receive up to another $645m in closing and milestone payments. A fully human anti-IL-7R?
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Swedish rare disease specialist Sobi is paying $55 million upfront to license rights to ADC Therapeutics’ lymphoma therapy Zynlonta – approved in the US last year – in Europe and other international markets. The post Sobi bolsters blood division via $435m ADC licensing deal appeared first on.
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Harbour BioMed (HBM) announced with Utrecht University on Monday that they have licensed their fully human SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody, 47D11, and its program to AbbVie. AbbVie has initiated a Phase I clinical trial of the antibody, and it will conduct the initial clinical program in the U.S.
Gilead Sciences has made yet another rush into the oncology category, licensing a bispecific antibody from MacroGenics in development as a treatment for CD123-positive blood cancers, including acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Along with the signing fee, there is another $1.7 It brought in $4.7
The drug was the first in the oral CGRP inhibitor class to get an prevention indication approved by the FDA in May, and that has helped accelerate its rollout, bringing in $336 million in US sales for Biohaven so far this year. The post Pfizer strikes $1.2bn licensing deal for Biohaven migraine drug appeared first on.
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Roche has secured its first regulatory approval for mosunetuzumab, a first-in-class CD20xCD3 bispecific antibody, as a treatment for patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) in the EU. Analysts at Evaluate are predicting mosunetuzumab could make more than $500 million in sales in 2026, although other predictions go as high as $1 billion.
Bayer has agreed to buy Noria Therapeutics and its subsidiary PSMA Therapeutics, adding to its pipeline of radionuclide drugs for cancer as sales of its lead product in the category – Xofigo – continue to decline. . The technology behind the drug was licensed from Weill Cornell Medicine and Johns Hopkins University in the US.
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Novartis has added to its pipeline of radiopharmaceuticals pipeline once again, licensing a series of agents from iTheranostics that can be used to show where tumours are located in the body. . Novartis licenses the drug from Genmab and reformulated into its Sensoready autoinjector pen. billion or more in peak sales.
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