Boehringer Ingelheim and CureVac link on lung cancer immunotherapy

21 September 2014

Family-owned German drug major Boehringer Ingelheim and German clinical-stage biotech company CureVac have entered into an exclusive global license and development collaboration.

The new collaboration focuses on CureVac’s CV9202, a novel investigational therapeutic mRNA vaccine, in early clinical development for the treatment of lung cancer. Boehringer Ingelheim will start clinical investigation of CV9202 in at least two different lung cancer settings, in combination with afatinib in patients with advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor (EGFR) mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and in combination with chemo-radiation therapy in patients with unresectable stage III NSCLC.

Upfront payment of $45 million

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