Ablynx announces pharma alliance to develop therapeutic Nanobodies

20-Jan-2006

Ablynx announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Novartis to discover and develop therapeutic Nanobodies against a number of targets in a range of disease areas.

Under the terms of the agreement, Ablynx will receive upfront fees, license fees and funding for research and development. In addition, Ablynx will be eligible for milestone payments and royalties upon commercialization. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Both companies will collaborate to discover and develop novel Nanobody based therapeutics against disease targets that are difficult to address with conventional antibodies or their fragments. Novartis has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize the Nanobody products resulting from the collaboration.

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