Gilead Sciences will acquire U.K.-based startup MiroBio, which is developing antibody drugs for autoimmune disorders, in a $405 million deal announced Thursday.
MiroBio sprouted from a University of Oxford research laboratory run by professors Simon Davis and Richard Cornall. Its approach focuses on checkpoint receptors, proteins that help to regulate the immune system.
Blocking these proteins has proven effective in treating cancer, unleashing the immune system to attack malignant cells. But companies like MiroBio are exploring how they can be targeted to tamp down damaging immune system overreactions in inflammatory diseases. READ MORE
by Gwendolyn Wu
Source: biopharmadive.com
In 2017, Sanofi partnered with the Lebanon, New Hampshire-based ImmuNext to develop an antibody for autoimmune diseases like lupus and multiple sclerosis, which included giving Sanofi a worldwide license to develop frexalimab. The agreement involved milestone payments upto $500 million.
Global manufacturer for the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutraceutical markets, Lonza has announced that it has acquired Synaffix, a biotech company focused on the commercialisation of its clinical stage technology platform for the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).
In its hunt for the new head of its pharmaceutical systems business—which makes syringes, self-injection systems and other drug delivery devices for 70% of the top 100 drugmakers in the world, according to the company—BD landed on a candidate with plenty of experience among that customer group.
