Takeda exercises option to buy Maverick

9 March 2021

Japanese drugmaker Takeda (TYO: 4502) has announced the exercise of its option to acquire Maverick Therapeutics, a private biopharma company pioneering conditionally active bispecific T-cell targeted immunotherapies.

Under the agreement, Takeda will obtain Maverick’s T-cell engager COBRA platform and a broad development portfolio, including lead development candidate TAK-186 (MVC-101) currently in a Phase I/II study for the treatment of EGFR-expressing solid tumors.

"A novel conditional bioengineering approach to advance redirected immunotherapies against solid tumors"The acquisition also includes TAK-280 (MVC-280), which is anticipated to enter the clinic in the second half of Takeda’s fiscal year 2021 for the treatment of patients with B7H3-expressing solid tumors.

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