Pfizer's acquisition of privately-held Angiosyn is basically a milestones-and-royalty-based licensing deal for the biotech's preclinical non-VEGF targeting AMD candidate. Angiosyn was designed for early M&A, much like most medical device firms of the past ten years, and this risk-sharing agreement with Pfizer may imply a new, leaner model for biotech company building.
While the press surrounding Pfizer Inc. 's acquisition of privately held Angiosyn Inc. in mid-January suggested a $527 million blockbuster deal for the tiny California biotech, the immediate financial reality behind the biobucks headlines was slightly more mundane [See Deal].
Angiosyn was formed in May 2003 by the Scripps Research Institute's Paul Schimmel, PhD, with backing from venture firm Alta...
Launching In Vivo’s oncology therapeutic review series, this first instalment provides a data-led primer on the global cancer landscape. Future instalments will explore market dynamics, pipeline evolution and the innovations set to define oncology therapeutics through 2032.
After 10 years of promised investment following its Nobel Prize for iPS cell research, Japan is cautiously narrowing regulations around the conditional approval of cell therapies and cutting some reimbursement prices. Commercial success remains mixed and some products have been withdrawn from the market.
Mary Jane Hinrichs, Ipsen’s head of early development, talks to In Vivo about getting ahead of the competition by securing deals for candidates before they enter Phase I trials.
Launching In Vivo’s oncology therapeutic review series, this first instalment provides a data-led primer on the global cancer landscape. Future instalments will explore market dynamics, pipeline evolution and the innovations set to define oncology therapeutics through 2032.
Launching In Vivo’s oncology therapeutic review series, this first instalment provides a data-led primer on the global cancer landscape. Future instalments will explore market dynamics, pipeline evolution and the innovations set to define oncology therapeutics through 2032.
