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Ipsen Licenses Prostate Cancer Drug

by Lisa M. Jarvis
April 25, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 17

Paris-based Ipsen will pay $35 million up front for the right to codevelop Active Biotech’s prostate cancer compound tasquinimod outside of the Americas and Japan. Active Biotech could score up to $285 million in milestone payments as the drug candidate progresses toward the market. Tasquinimod is in a Phase III trial involving men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Ipsen says the compound will complement its oncology portfolio.

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