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Pharmaceuticals

Takeda licenses PARP inhibitor

by Lisa M. Jarvis
August 7, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 32

Takeda is paying Tesaro $100 million up front for the rights in certain countries to the PARP inhibitor niraparib, which received FDA approval in April to treat recurrent ovarian cancer. Takeda gains broad rights to develop niraparib in Japan and to pursue the compound as a prostate cancer treatment in South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, and Australia. Tesaro could see another $240 million in milestone payments if niraparib is approved in those markets.

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