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Servier licenses a diabetes drug

Swiss chemical maker will work with Germany's Max Planck Institute

by Alexander H. Tullo
October 30, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 44

French drugmaker Servier has licensed the rights to develop ALS 2-0426, Alantos Pharmaceuticals' small-molecule inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase IV, outside the U.S. Servier will pay roughly $75 million in upfront and milestone payments and has also agreed to fund development costs for the drug through Phase II trials. ALS 2-0426 is currently in Phase I studies to treat type 2 diabetes. Under the deal, Alantos retains all U.S. rights to the drug.

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