Yet more encouraging licencing news in our sector9 Jun 2023 07:19
AZ has announced today that it is paying $2 Billion in its latest deal, this time partnering with small bio company, Quell Therapeutics. The announcement today just goes to show you how much a licencing deal for SRA737 or SDC1801/1802 could be worth. Summary below:
* Quell will receive $85 million upfront from AstraZeneca, which comprises a predominant cash payment and an equity investment.
* Quell is also eligible to receive over $2 billion for further development and commercialisation milestones, if successful, plus tiered royalties.
* AstraZeneca announces agreement with Quell Therapeutics to develop, manufacture and commercialise engineered T-regulatory cell therapies for autoimmune diseases
* Collaboration focused on Type 1 Diabetes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease using Quell's proprietary multi-modular T-regulatory cell engineering
This could be Sareum soon....
Good luck, Brighty