BioAtla inks up to $1 billion licensing deal with Pfizer

8 December 2015
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Privately-held US biotech firm BioAtla has entered into a license and option agreement with pharma giant Pfizer NYSE: PFE) to advance the development and commercialization of a new class of antibody therapeutics based on BioAtla's CAB platform and utilizing Pfizer's proprietary antibody drug conjugate (ADC) payloads.

Under the accord, BioAtla and Pfizer will each have a license to the other's respective technology to pursue the development and commercialization of several CAB-ADC antibodies. Pfizer also gains an exclusive option to develop and commercialize BioAtla CAB antibodies that target CTLA4, a validated immuno-oncology target in humans. If successful, BioAtla's technology would allow the selective targeting of CTLA4 expressed on immune cells localized in the tumor microenvironment.

Financial terms of the deal

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