AstraZeneca Taps Pieris For Inhaled Asthma Anticalins

AstraZeneca is to pay $57.5m to get its hands on biotech Pieris Pharmaceuticals' Anticalin technology to bolster its early stage respiratory portfolio, with a lead product candidate already being prepared for Phase I.

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AstraZeneca is making good on its ambitions to pursue novel avenues for respiratory therapies with a deal with Boston-based biotech Pieris Pharmaceuticals to develop inhaled drugs based on its Anticalin platform of engineered proteins that mimic the actions of antibodies.

Under the new collaboration, AstraZeneca will make upfront and near-term milestone payments to Pieris totalling $57.5m; the biotech's shares on...

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