MorphoSys Chooses Incyte As Its Global Tafasitamab Partner

Analysts Cheer MorphoSys’s Choice Of Commercial Ally And Deal’s Terms

MorphoSys has chosen Incyte as its global partner for commercializing and further developing its lead asset, the Fc-engineered antibody tafasitamab that targets CD19.

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Duo Will Jointly Develop MorphoSys’s CD19 Targeting Antibody • Source: Shutterstock

In a pact widely welcomed by investors, MorphoSys AG and Incyte Corp. have inked a global collaboration and license pact to further develop and commercialize MorphoSys's anti-CD19 antibody tafasitamab, formerly known as MOR208, which is in clinical development for the treatment of B-cell malignancies such as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The alliance was announced on 13 January and provides MorphoSys a partner with considerable experience in hematology and oncology. Incyte...

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