GBT Picks Up Inclacumab From Roche's Bargain Bin

Five years after the Swiss major presented positive Phase II data on inclacumab as a treatment for patients with acute coronary syndromes, the drug has been snapped up by Global Blood Therapeutics for a tiny upfront fee to be developed for sickle cell disease.

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Roche has become the latest pharmaceutical major this week, after Gilead Sciences Inc., to unload what was once seen as a promising asset, handing inclacumab over to Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. for just $2m upfront.

The Swiss major has licensed inclacumab, a monoclonal antibody against P-selectin, to GBT, which plans to develop it for vaso-occlusive...

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