Japanese bioventure Heartseed Inc. and Novo Nordisk A/S announced a worldwide collaboration and license agreement on 1 June for the development, manufacture and commercialization of Heartseed’s lead cell therapy asset HS-001. The Danish firm gains exclusive rights worldwide except in Japan, where Heartseed will develop HS-001 alone, but Novo gets co-commercialization rights there and will share profits and costs on a 50/50 basis.
Asia Deal Watch: Heartseed Licenses Lead Cell Therapy Candidate To Novo Nordisk
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