Japan’s Meiji Seika Pharma and Korea’s Dong-A have struck an exclusive licensing deal with Intas for global rights to the pair’s DMB-3115 proposed ustekinumab biosimilar to Stelara.
Japan’s Meiji Seika Pharma and Korea’s Dong-A have struck an exclusive licensing deal with Intas Pharmaceuticals giving the Indian giant near-global rights to the DMB-3115 proposed Stelara (ustekinumab) biosimilar that is being developed by the two companies under a collaboration deal first agreed in September 2011.
“Under the terms of the agreement, Intas has been granted exclusive license rights to commercialize DMB-3115 worldwide, excluding Japan, South
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