Vor Is Reborn With New CEO And Ambitious RemeGen Autoimmune Pact

The biotech had been looking at options to survive since May.

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Humira biosimilars are bouncing back after initial slow uptake • Source: Shutterstock

Less than two months after saying that it would wind down its business of stem cell-based therapies for blood cancers, Vor Bio of the US has bounced back, rebranding as an autoimmune disease company and inking a deal potentially worth over $4bn to bag rights to Chinese firm RemeGen’s telitacicept.

Key Takeaways
  • Vor is paying $125m upfront to RemeGen for rights to its BAFF/APRIL inhibitor telitacicept.

The Cambridge, MA-based biotech has entered into a license agreement with RemeGen for the dual-target fusion protein which is

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