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Cytos Biotechnology has licensed CYT002-NicQb, a therapeutic vaccine in Phase II development for the treatment of nicotine addiction, to fellow Swiss firm Novartis. Cytos will get close to $30 million up front from Novartis and could receive almost $500 million in various milestone payments. According to Cytos, vaccination with CYT002-NicQb has been shown to induce nicotine-specific antibodies that bind nicotine in the bloodstream.
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