US unit of Eisai in research pact with Japanese university for amatuximab for pancreatic cancer

19 November 2010

Japanese drug major Eisai’s (TYO: 4532) US subsidiary Morphotek has entered into a sponsored research agreement (SRA) with Hokkaido University to evaluate the anti-tumor effect of amatuximab (MORAb-009) for advanced pancreatic cancer.

Funding from this grant will support a preclinical study to evaluate the potential of amatuximab alone and in combination with gemcitabine in an adjuvant setting. No financial details were provided.

In the same week, Eisai signed a strategic drug discovery collaboration with USA-based FORMA Therapeutics which is expected to augment the firm's ability to identify new therapies for complex targets (The Pharma Letter November 18).

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