Deal Watch: Xencor Adds New Bispecific Partner In Agreement With Genentech

Genentech will pay $120m up front to co-develop Xencor’s preclinical IL-15 candidate; deal also includes IL-15 R&D. Taiho licenses lung cancer candidate to Cullinan; Celgene and Triphase partner again.

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Scrip regularly covers business development and deal-making in the biopharmaceutical industry. Deal Watch is supported by deal intelligence from Strategic Transactions.

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