Allergy Deal Boosts Astellas's Pipeline, Allows Immunomic Refocus

Astellas is making good on its strategic intention to expand in vaccines and immunology, paying $300m upfront for worldwide rights to Immunomic's technology and pipeline for DNA vaccines against human allergies, in a deal that will also allow the US biotech to focus on other applications including oncology.

Astellas is making good on its strategic intention to expand in vaccines and immunology, paying $300m upfront for worldwide rights to Immunomic's technology and pipeline for DNA vaccines against human allergies, in a deal that will also allow the US biotech to focus on other applications including oncology.

Japanese major Astellas Pharma Inc. has acquired exclusive global rights to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize products deriving from Immunomic...

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