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Pharmaceuticals
Janssen Licenses Vertex Flu Drug
by Lisa M. Jarvis
June 23, 2014
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 92, Issue 25
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, the R&D arm of Johnson & Johnson, will shell out $30 million to license Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ VX-787, a flu treatment in Phase II studies. VX-787 is a small molecule that blocks replication of the influenza A virus and would represent a new way to attack the flu. Current therapies such as Tamiflu inhibit the function of neuraminidase, a protein critical for releasing the replicating virus from the host cell. Vertex says the deal will enable it to focus on its cystic fibrosis programs.
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