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Helsinn And BridgeBio Ink Infigratinib Cancer Pact

Duo Will Co-develop And Commercialise FGFR1-3 inhibitor In Oncology

 
• By Sten Stovall

Helsinn’s strategic collaboration with BridgeBio Pharma to co-develop and commercialise candidate FGFR1-3 inhibitor infigratinib in oncology will give the Swiss family-owned company its first targeted cancer therapeutic for the US market, its CEO tells Scrip.

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BridgeBio retains full rights to infigratinib for use in skeletal dysplasias • Source: Shutterstock

Switzerland-based Helsinn Group hopes to market its first targeted cancer therapy in the US though a newly agreed global collaboration and licensing pact with BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize the latter’s FGFR1-3 inhibitor, infigratinib.

Under the collaboration, announced 31 March, BridgeBio’s affiliate QED Therapeutics and Helsinn plan to co-commercialize infigratinib for oncology and all other indications other than skeletal dysplasias in the US...

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