| I. MODIFIED AGREEMENTS | |||
| Biotech Co.* (Country; Symbol) |
Pharma Co. (Country) |
Change from original agreement | Terms/Details (Date) |
| Ablynx (Belgium; BR:ABLX) | Wyeth Pharmaceuticals | Extended agreement to discover and develop novel nanobody-based therapeutics against TNF-alpha | Wyeth has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize the anti-TNF-alpha nanobodies developed under the collaboration; Ablynx receives research funding and would be entitled to future milestone payments and royalties (12/20) |
| Akela Pharma Inc. (Canada; TSX:AKL) | Janssen Pharmaceutica NV (unit of Johnson & Johnson) | Extended agreement of a licensed and development deal for Fentanyl Taifun to include Canada | The existing agreement already covers the European Union, Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa (1/3) |
| Centocor Inc. (unit of Johnson & Johnson) | Schering-Plough Corp. | Distribution agreement for Remicade and golimumab was revised to extend the duration of Schering-Plough's rights | Schering-Plough can now exclusively market Remicade in its territories beyond 2014, which will match the current duration of marketing rights for golimumab (12/21) |
| Exelixis Inc. (EXEL) | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Exercised option to develop and commercialize Exelixis' compound XL139 in the U.S. | The decision triggered a $20M payment to Exelixis; the original deal was signed in January 2007 (1/22) |
| Innate Pharma SAS (France; SSE:INPH) | Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark) | Refocused research collaboration on inflammation | The companies signed the agreement in April 2006; it was aimed at developing new drugs targeting natural killer cells for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases (2/6**) |
| NicOx SA (France; PARIS:COX) | Pfizer Inc. | Extended collaboration for NicOx's nitric oxide-donating technology to be used for drug discovery research in ophthalmology | The collaboration is extended for one year, resulting in €3M ($4.4M) in research funding and prolongs Pfizer's option to license resulting compounds until May 2009 (1/8) |
| II. TERMINATED AGREEMENTS | |||
| IDM Pharma Inc. (IDMI) | Sanofi-Aventis Group (France) | Terminated agreement for the Phase II-stage Uvidem for melanoma | IDM Pharma regains all rights (12/31) |
| Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ISPH) | FAES Farma SA (Spain) | Terminated agreement for bilastine for allergic rhinitis | The decision came as a result of the FDA requesting an expanded QT/QTc comparative trial in addition to the European Phase III studies already done (1/14) |
| Medivir AB (Sweden; SSE:MVIRB) | Presidio Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Agreement to return rights to MIV-310, which allows Medivir to transfer the full license to the compound and intellectual property to Beijing Mefuvir Medicinal Technology Co. Ltd., of China | Medivir licensed the product to Presidio in a December 2006 deal (12/21) |
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Notes: # The information in the chart does not cover agreements between biotech companies or agricultural agreements. * Private companies are indicated with an asterisk.Unless otherwise noted, stock symbols listed are on the Nasdaq market. BR = Brussels Stock Exchange; SSE = Stockholm Stock Exchange; TSX = Toronto Stock Exchange. | |||
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