Take Five: Ipsen Bags Rights To Day One Brain Cancer Drug

The Paris-based group has inked five external deals already this year, this time paying $111m to get access internationally to Day One Biopharmaceuticals' Ojemda for refractory pediatric low-grade glioma.

David Loew
David Loew • Source: Ipsen

Ipsen SA is showing no sign of slowing down on the dealmaking front and has bagged the ex-US licensing rights to Day One Biopharmaceuticals, LLC's recently approved brain cancer drug, Ojemda.

The French drugmaker is paying $111m upfront to get access internationally to Ojemda (tovorafenib), a type II RAF inhibitor which...

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