On Buying Spree, Colby Pharma Builds A Clinical Stage Portfolio

The privately-held Colby Pharmaceutical Company is building a portfolio of drugs through several in-licensing deals, the latest of which is with Mannkind for rights to disease-specific antigen compounds and intra-lymph node delivery technologies from a novel cancer immunotherapy program.

The small, privately-held Colby Pharmaceutical Company has built a portfolio of clinical-stage assets, focused mainly in cancer, in the last year through in-licensing and acquisitions. The most recent of three important deals for the San Jose, Calif.-based company is a licensing deal with MannKind Corp., announced Nov. 13.

In that deal, Colby acquired worldwide rights to develop and commercialize disease-specific antigen compounds and intra-lymph node delivery technologies from...

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