As Its Debut Cancer Drug Struggles, MorphoSys Continues Refocus With $1bn Licensing Deal

Two Assets Outlicensed

The deal will help MorphoSys focus on lifting lackluster Monjuvi sales, and on bringing its promising myelofibrosis candidate pelabresib to market.

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The outlicensing deal will free up MorphoSys' internal resources to focus on key pipeline assets, starting with pelabresib. • Source: Shutterstock

Struggling with underwhelming sales of its debut commercial drug Monjuvi, MorphoSys has unveiled a new licensing deal with HIBio on two pipeline candidates which will help it focus on its key assets.

Monjuvi (tafasitamab-cxix) was launched by MorpoSys and partners Incyte as a second-line therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma nearly two years ago, but has failed to live up to expectations, thanks to a mid-pandemic launch and strong competitors such as

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