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Biohaven licenses Hangzhou Highlightll’s BHV-8000 to treat brain disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

BHV-8000’s mechanistic proof of concept was showed in several pre-clinical models. This year, Biohaven is expecting to advance the TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor into a Phase I trial. Hangzhou Highlightll will also receive up to $950m in development and commercial milestone payments and tiered royalties.

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3BP and Novartis strike licensing agreement for FAP-targeting peptide technology

Pharmaceutical Technology

German biotechnology firm 3B Pharmaceuticals (3BP) has entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis Innovative Therapies for its fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-targeting peptide technology. 3BP receives an initial payment of $40m, and $425m as development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments.

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physIQ licenses virtual trial tech to Janssen in multi-year deal

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Biosensor firm physIQ has licensed its technology to Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen pharma unit in a multi-year deal, to investigate use of wearable sensors in virtual clinical trials. physIQ has a portfolio of FDA-cleared digital biomarkers and a medical-grade platform that can transform raw sensor data into clinical insight.

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Corbus and CSPC Megalith sign licence agreement for antibody drug conjugate

Pharmaceutical Technology

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). We look forward to working with CSPC to advance clinical development of this asset and realise its full potential.”

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Ablaze Pharmaceuticals to develop drug candidate for liver cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company is licensing the first-in-class drug candidate under an existing deal with RayzeBio. The agreement allows Ablaze to clinically develop and commercialise the drug in Greater China.

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C4XD and AstraZeneca enter $402m deal to develop respiratory disease therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

C4X Discovery (C4XD) and AstraZeneca have entered an exclusive global licensing agreement worth up to $402m to develop oral therapy to treat inflammatory and respiratory ailments. The deal has been signed to develop the C4X NRF2 Activator programme for these ailments. This includes an upfront payment of $2m from AstraZeneca.

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Immunotherapy for solid tumours progresses to human trials

Drug Discovery World

Research partners in the UK are progressing their orally available small molecule cancer immunotherapy drug into clinical development as a treatment for advanced solid tumours. Chief Investigator Dr Bristi Basu, University of Cambridge, and Co-Chief Investigator Dr Debashis Sarker, King’s College London, are leading the trial.

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