Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 3, 2023

Tay Therapeutics, a spin-off firm from the University of Dundee in the UK, has signed a licensing deal with VYNE Therapeutics for the development of its oral bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) inhibitor as a possible treatment for immune-inflammatory and fibrotic disorders.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Under the prior deal, Daiichi Sankyo acquired exclusive rights for the development, manufacturing and commercialisation of Yescarta in Japan. The post Kite and Daiichi Sankyo update cell therapy licensing agreement appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology. Subsequently, in the same year, Gilead Sciences acquired Kite.

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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. Under the terms, Biogen will handle all the development and commercial activities of ATV: Aβ, along with the related expenses.

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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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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Women’s healthcare company TherapeuticsMD has sign ed agreements for licensing its products to the Mayne Pharma affiliate in the US. Additionally, TherapeuticsMD will grant Mayne the exclusive license to market Annovera in the US. Mayne will make royalty payments of up to nearly $42.6m and further milestone payments of up to $30m.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

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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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The drugmaker’s decision to grab rights to the shot deepens its ties with the COVID-19 vaccine developer and comes weeks before a key data release.

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Pharma Mirror

OCTOBER 1, 2022

HK), an innovation and R&D-driven pharmaceutical company; today announced that they have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for Simcere’s IL-2 mutant fusion protein (IL-2 mu-Fc) autoimmune drug candidate, SIM0278. Simcere will retain all rights to develop and commercialise SIM0278 within Greater China.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 17, 2024

Medincell and AbbVie inked a development and licensing pact to create up to six long-acting injectables, Medincell said Wednesday. Under the deal, Medincell is line to receive an upfront payment of $35 million plus much more in potential development and commercial milestones.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 25, 2023

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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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 23, 2023

The deal gives Biohaven global rights for the development of BHV-8000, excluding regions of China. We look forward to advancing BHV-8000 into clinical development and uncovering the potential of neuroimmunomodulation for severe neurological disorders in desperate need of novel treatment options.”

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Outsourcing Pharma

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A breast cancer drug that has been used for many years to treat the disease, has been licensed today (November 7) as a preventative measure.

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Pharma Mirror

APRIL 18, 2023

Dudley, UK, April 18th 2023: Sterling Pharma Solutions, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation, today announced that it has been granted a Manufacturer’s Authorisation for Investigational Medicinal Products from the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 21, 2023

Gilead Sciences has exercised its option to exclusively license the investigational targeted protein degrader development candidate, NX‑0479, from clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Nurix Therapeutics. GS-6791 is the first development candidate from the previous collaboration between Gilead Sciences and Nurix in 2019.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

Japan-based Astellas Pharma has entered a partnership with Cullgen to discover and develop multiple targeted protein degraders through the latter’s proprietary uSMITE targeted protein degradation platform, in a deal potentially worth $1.9bn. Astellas could pay Cullgen up to $85m upon using its license option regarding the deal.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

Ablaze Pharmaceuticals is set to develop a new GPC3-targeted peptide drug candidate for the treatment of liver cancer in China. 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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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Ast ellas Pharma has announced plans to make a strategic investment to back the development of Taysha Gene Therapies’ adeno-associated virus (AAV) development programmes for Rett syndrome and giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). This would allow the companies to boost the development of new therapy options for Rett syndrome and GAN patients.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 23, 2023

Takeda has signed an exclusive licence agreement with HUTCHMED (China) and its subsidiary HUTCHMED to develop and market the latter’s fruquintinib. We look forward to utilising our development and commercial capabilities to expand the potential of this innovative medicine to patients beyond China.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 18, 2023

Roche has entered a licensing and collaboration deal with the U.S. company KSQ Therapeutics to co-develop KSQâs lead cancer drug, which is designed to sabotage the DNA repair mechanisms of cancer cells.

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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). As per the terms of the agreement, LegoChem will receive up to $1.25bn in upfront, development and commercial milestone payments from Amgen.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 2, 2022

Founded by serial entrepreneur Alexis Borisy, the company comes equipped with two experimental medicines it licensed from Merck KGaA and Blueprint Medicines.

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BioPharma Reporter

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Verici Dx, a company developing advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, has entered into a global licensing partnership with healthcare giant Thermo Fisher to develop an assay for pre-transplant kidney testing.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 28, 2022

Rezafungin is a new, once-weekly echinocandin antifungal being developed by Cidara to treat and prevent serious fungal infections such as candidemia and invasive candidiasis in adults. It is also being developed for invasive fungal infection prophylaxis in adults who undergo allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation. “We

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 12, 2022

Areteia Therapeutics will receive $350 million from Bain and others to advance a drug that was previously licensed to Biogen for testing as an ALS treatment.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 2, 2023

Renaissance Pharma has announced its first development programme focused on Hu14.18, a humanised anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody (mAb), licensed from St Jude Children’s Research Hospital for the treatment of newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. ” The post Renaissance Pharma licenses Hu14.18

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 19, 2023

Bio-Thera Solutions and Biomm have entered a licensing and supply agreement for Bio-Thera’s BAT2206, a ustekinumab biosimilar. Bio-Thera will handle BAT2206’s global development and commercial supply out of its manufacturing plants in Guangzhou, China.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 6, 2023

“We believe that Duality, through its DITAC platform, has clearly brought linker-payload technologies to the next level, and we are very much looking forward to collaborating closely and developing ADCs with a superior safety and efficacy profile for cancer patients in need.”.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Developed under joint research between Shionogi and Hokkaido University, the antiviral averts SARS-CoV-2 replication by hindering 3CL protease. The post Shionogi and MPP enter Covid-19 antiviral licensing deal appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology. An investigational Covid-19 drug, ensitrelvir is an inhibitor of 3CL protease.

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Camargo

AUGUST 5, 2020

Whether you plan to out-license or commercialize your product, getting the label right matters. The post Developing Drug Products with the Label’s Commercial Value in Mind appeared first on Camargo.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 8, 2023

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories have partnered for the development and commercialisation of the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, toripalimab, in 21 countries. The company may also choose to expand the scope to license toripalimab in New Zealand, Australia, and in nine other countries.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

MiNA Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration and option licensing agreement with BioMarin Pharmaceutical to speed up the development of therapeutic ribonucleic acid activation (RNAa) candidates to treat rare genetic diseases. The option licensing agreement is based on early-stage clinical results.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 24, 2023

Moderna has entered a strategic partnership with Generation Bio for the development of non-viral genetic medicines. The collaboration aims to expand each company’s platform application through the development of new nucleic acid therapeutics, and to expedite their respective non-viral genetic medicines pipelines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 5, 2023

Capsida Biotherapeutics and Eli Lilly and Company ’s wholly owned subsidiary Prevail Therapeutics have announced a partnership for the development of non-invasive gene therapies for central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The post Capsida Biotherapeutics and Prevail to develop CNS gene therapies appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

ReviR Therapeutics has signed a research collaboration and option-to-license agreement with Asieris Pharmaceuticals to discover new oncology therapeutics. Its initial focus is to develop therapeutics in oncology, CNS, and genetically defined disease indications.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 1, 2022

GreenLight Biosciences has entered a partnership with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of Covid-19 vaccines, which offer broader protection against new variants and with durable effects. They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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Outsourcing Pharma

MARCH 2, 2023

A licensing agreement has been signed that will give Spanish pharma company, Ferrer, worldwide rights to a treatment for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).

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