Kyowa Kirin and AVEO Oncology announce that they have amended their license agreement to allow Kyowa Kirin to buy back the non-oncology rights of tivozanib in AVEO territories, which includes the U.S. and EU.
Exelixis, Inc. announced that it has entered into an exclusive collaboration, option and license agreement with Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited (Aurigene), the India-based discovery biotechnology company focused on oncology and inflammatory disorders.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Array BioPharma Inc., advancing breakthrough science for the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted small molecule medicines to treat cancer and other diseases of high unmet need.
NEC Corporation announced the acquisition of OncoImmunity AS, a Norway-based bioinformatics company that develops proprietary machine learning software to support the fight against cancer.
Verastem, operating as Verastem Oncology, announced their entry into an exclusive licensing agreement with Sanofi to develop and commercialize Verastem Oncology’s COPIKTRA (duvelisib), an oral inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), and the first approved dual inhibitor of PI3K-delta and PI3K-gamma, for the treatment of all oncology indications in Russia and CIS, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa.
Multinational pharmaceutical firm Zambon has acquired biopharmaceutical firm Breath Therapeutics from Sofinnova Partners in a deal worth up to €500m (£446m).
Gemphire Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company, have entered into a definitive agreement whereby NeuroBo will merge with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gemphire in an all-stock transaction.
-Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announces the signing of an agreement with Ab Initio Biotherapeutics whereby Ligand will acquire Ab Initio for $12 million in cash.
Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a new collaboration and licence agreement with Bridge Biotherapeutics to develop autotaxin inhibitor BBT-877 to treat patients with fibrosing interstitial lung diseases.
Astellas Pharma has signed a licensing deal worth up to $625m (£500.66m) with Frequency Therapeutics to develop and commercialise FX-322, the latter’s regenerative therapeutic candidate for the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss.
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