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24-06-2010: MorphoSys AG announced that it will receive a clinical milestone payment from Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. (formerly known as: Centocor, Inc.) in connection with the initiation of a phase 1 clinical trial of a HuCAL-derived antibody in the therapeutic area of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The target against which the antibody is directed is undisclosed.

As part of the Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. collaboration in 2007, a HuCAL antibody became the first from MorphoSys to be developed in two different therapeutic areas - oncology and immunology and in 2009, a different HuCAL antibody advanced in the therapeutic area of inflammation into a phase 1 trial. Today's announcement marks the start of a fourth clinical trial that will be running HuCAL antibodies. Further pre-clinical programs are ongoing.

"Our clinical pipeline is progressing very well, and we expect significant progress in this regard during the course of 2010 with up to six new partnered programs advancing into the clinic," commented Dr. Marlies Sproll, Chief Scientific Officer of MorphoSys AG. "We are delighted to see another antibody program advance into phase 1 clinical trials."

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