• By Deanna Kamienski, Beth Allan, Amanda Micklus, Steven Muntner, and Maureen Riordan
Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Tech Transfer Deals column provides a monthly update on technology transfer deals, reporting licensing agreements between companies and universities or other research institutions within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced April through June 2015.
Biomecite gets option to GI-related IP from Univ. of MD, Baltimore
As the patent protection clock ticks down on Merck’s flagship blockbuster Keytruda, the company is reported to be pursuing the inflammation and immunology biotech. Such a move would bulk up its sparse I&I pipeline.
Pursuing first-in-class molecular glue degraders using undruggable targets could eventually help Degron Therapeutics land sizable asset-based deals, CEO Lily Zou tells Scrip.
Kymera will move KT-621 into Phase II trials later this year based on compelling data in healthy volunteers, validating the company’s protein-degradation platform.
Private Company Edition: Six biopharma companies raised venture capital rounds totaling $100m or more in May, matching the number of mega-rounds in April and March. Among other recent financings, Syndeio launched with $90m and SpyGlass raised a $75m series D round.
Kymera will move KT-621 into Phase II trials later this year based on compelling data in healthy volunteers, validating the company’s protein-degradation platform.
