Takeda-Zydus Enter Increasingly Crowded Chikungunya Fray

Takeda and Zydus Cadila are stepping into the fray to develop a vaccine for chikungunya, an increasingly crowded segment that now has over a dozen candidates in various stages of development.

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and India's Zydus Cadila have announced a "broad-based" agreement to develop a vaccine for chikungunya. The deal encompasses early stage development to final commercialization of the vaccine, but no specifics on each partner's role or their financial commitments were provided.

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