Jazz Raising Hematology/Oncology Reach Further With ImmunoGen Deal

Ireland-based Jazz Pharma is extending its shift away from specialty pharma with an option-based deal with ImmunoGen involving three antibody-drug conjugate programs.

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Expanding its move away from specialty pharma, Dublin-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC is staking $175m on a new deal that lets it potentially co-develop and co-commercialize three antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) programs from ImmunoGen Inc., two being early-stage, hematology-related, with an additional one to be designated during the term of the agreement.

The programs covered under the agreement include IMGN779, a CD33-targeted ADC for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia that is in Phase I testing, and IMGN632, a CD123-targeted ADC for hematological

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