CureVac in deal with Sanofi Pasteur for mRNA-based prophylactic vaccine

1 July 2014

German clinical-stage biopharma company CureVac has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sanofi, the vaccines division of French drug major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) to develop and commercialize an mRNA-based vaccine against an undisclosed pathogen.

In 2011, CureVac and Sanofi Pasteur signed a collaboration and license option agreement for several pre-defined pathogens (The Pharma Letter November 16, 2011). CureVac met all pre-agreed milestones and acceptance criteria relating to these agreements, and therefore Sanofi Pasteur exercised its first option and extended its exclusive and non-exclusive options on all five pathogens.

Under the commercial license agreement, Sanofi Pasteur will fund all R&D, manufacturing and commercialization activities and will have exclusive worldwide marketing rights for the RNActive vaccine. CureVac will receive an undisclosed upfront payment from Sanofi Pasteur for the option exercise and an additional payment for extending the option term for the other pathogens.

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