Just seven months after the collaboration was announced, Japan’s largest drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4502) has opted for commercial rights to the first Fleximer antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) arising from its partnership with privately-held biotech firm Mersana Therapeutics of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Mersana and Takeda’s wholly-owned subsidiary Millennium Pharmaceuticals have been conducting preclinical, proof-of-concept studies for several Fleximer-ADCs against an undisclosed oncology target under a research license to Mersana’s Fleximer-ADC technology. With the exercise of the commercial license, Mersana will receive a license fee and is eligible for development and regulatory milestone payments and royalties on net sales.
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