Genentech Inc. is acting the pharma part in a deal with Abbott to advance the latter's Phase I-stage compounds ABT-263 and ABT-869, a Bcl-2 protein antagonist and VEGF receptor kinase inhibitor, respectively. (BioWorld Today)

One month away from an FDA panel review, GPC Biotech Inc.'s satraplatin for prostate cancer has become the subject of a $10 million license deal with Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd., for rights in Japan. (BioWorld Today)