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Home » Takeda Paying $50M Up Front for GVAX in Prostate Cancer
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Takeda Paying $50M Up Front for GVAX in Prostate Cancer

April 2, 2008
By Jennifer Boggs
Achieving one of its key goals for 2008, Cell Genesys Inc. partnered its late-stage cancer vaccine, GVAX, with Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in a potential $320 million deal that puts a much-needed notch in the win column for the cancer immunotherapy space. (BioWorld Today)
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