With its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug, vamorolone, under U.S. FDA review, Santhera Pharmaceutical AG has signed a $231 million-plus-royalties North America commercialization deal with Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Bayer AG and Cedilla Therapeutics Inc. have entered into an exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialize Cedilla Therapeutics' cyclinE1/cyclin dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) complex inhibitors, which selectively address oncogenic drivers.
Bracco Imaging SpA and Sonothera Inc. have entered into an agreement under which Bracco Imaging will provide its cutting-edge gas-filled microbubbles technology platform to Sonothera for use in the development of its novel, ultrasound-guided nonviral gene therapy platform.
Biohaven Ltd. has acquired global rights, excluding China regions, from Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. for TLL-041, now designated BHV-8000, an oral, brain-penetrant, highly selective, dual TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor, for neurological disorders.
Coimmune Inc. has exercised its option to obtain an exclusive license to IL-18 armored chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technology under a prior agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). The company plans to couple the technology with allogeneic cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells to launch the clinical development of CMN-008 (armored CAR-CIK cells), with CD19 as the initial target in B-cell malignancies.
Gilead Sciences Inc. has exercised its option to exclusively license Nurix Therapeutics Inc.'s investigational targeted protein degrader molecule NX-0479, now designated GS-6791. This bivalent degrader is the first development candidate resulting from the companies' collaboration to discover, develop and commercialize up to five innovative targeted protein degradation therapies.
Eureka Therapeutics Inc. has entered into a license agreement with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop and commercialize a novel antibody targeting mesothelin (MSLN) in combination with Eureka's proprietary Artemis T-cell receptor platform.
Modex Therapeutics Inc., an Opko Health Inc. company, has entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Merck & Co. Inc., for the development of MDX-2201, Modex's preclinical nanoparticle vaccine candidate targeting Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).