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Pharmaceuticals

Abbott Licenses Kidney Disease Drug

by Lisa M. Jarvis
October 4, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 40

Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay $450 million for the right to sell Reata Pharmaceuticals’ bardoxolone outside the U.S. Bardoxolone is an oral antioxidant inflammatory modulator that turns on Nrf2, a protein that dictates the production of antioxidant and detoxification enzymes. The drug candidate has shown promise in two Phase II trials for chronic kidney disease, a condition affecting 30–40% of people with type 2 diabetes. The Abbott deal excludes some Asian markets, for which Kyowa Hakko Kirin has already licensed the drug.

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