Deal Watch: J&J Partners On Bispecific Antibody R&D With F-Star, Xencor

Janssen Biotech adds to its bispecific antibody pipeline for cancer via pair of collaborations. Ipsen and Accent pair up to investigate new target for acute myeloid leukemia.

Deal Watch 2021

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

Johnson & Johnson unveiled a pair of collaboration and licensing agreements this month with F-star Therapeutics, Inc. and with Xencor, Inc. for bispecific antibody candidates to treat cancer. The agreement with F-star on 20 October with J&J’s Janssen Biotech Inc

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