Intas Picks Up Global Rights To Meiji And Dong-A’s Stelara Biosimilar

Ustekinumab Deal – Which Excludes Certain Asian Markets – Is Worth More Than $100m

Japan’s Meiji Seika Pharma and Korea’s Dong-A have struck an exclusive licensing deal with Intas for global rights to the pair’s DMB-3115 proposed ustekinumab biosimilar to Stelara.

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Meiji and Dong-A take their ustekinumab biosimilar global with Intas • Source: Alamy

Japan’s Meiji Seika Pharma and Korea’s Dong-A have struck an exclusive licensing deal with Intas Pharmaceuticals giving the Indian giant near-global rights to the DMB-3115 proposed Stelara (ustekinumab) biosimilar that is being developed by the two companies under a collaboration deal first agreed in September 2011.

“Under the terms of the agreement, Intas has been granted exclusive license rights to commercialize DMB-3115 worldwide, excluding Japan, South...

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