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LegoChem’s $1.2bn ADC Platform Deal With Amgen Signals Continued Big Pharma Interest

Fourth ADC Platform License Deal For LCB

 
• By Jung Won Shin

LegoChem’s hefty out-licensing deal with Amgen seems to further prove global pharma’s keen interest in the Korean ADC leader’s technology, said to be differentiated with safer margins.

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LegoChem Biosciences, Inc. has out-licensed its antibody drug conjugate (ADC) platform technology to Amgen, Inc. in a deal worth as much as $1.25bn, marking its fourth platform technology deal so far. 

LegoChem is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of next-generation novel therapeutics utilizing its proprietary medicinal drug discovery technology LegoChemistry and ADC platform technology ConjuALL. LCB focuses on...

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