Takeda Signs an Agreement with Calithera to Acquire Sapanisertib and Mivavotinib
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- Takeda is eligible to receive $10M up front in addition to $35M in Calithera Series A preferred stock and is eligible to receive clinical development- regulatory- and sales milestone for both programs along with royalties
- The acquisition will bolster Calithera’s precision oncology pipeline of clinical-stage targeted therapies i.e.- sapanisertib (TORC 1/2 inhibitor) and mivavotinib (SYK inhibitor). Both compounds as monothx. demonstrated clinical activity with the higher potential in biomarker-defined cancer-patient populations
- Additionally- Calithera plans to start a P-II study of sapanisertib for sq.NSCLC and mivavotinib for DLBCL with biomarker specific populations in 2022
Ref: Globe Newswire | Image: Takeda
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