Sanofi is picking Innovent Biologics as its partner of choice in China for its top oncology candidates in a deal where Sanofi will take a €300 million ($307 million) equity stake in the biotech.
Sanofi is picking Innovent Biologics as its partner of choice in China for its top oncology candidates in a deal where Sanofi will take a €300 million ($307 million) equity stake in the biotech.
Innovent gains China rights to tusamitamab ravtansine (SAR408701), an ADC against CEACAM5 that is in a global Phase 3 trial for second-line NSCLC, and joint development rights to Sanofi’s SAR444245, a recombinant IL-2 for various cancer indications, with the French pharma responsible for marketing the IL-2 in China. Subject to mutual agreement, Sanofi may also invest an additional €300 million in Innovent in the future.
Medicenna announce the closing of marketed underwritten public offering at a price to the public of $1.50 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the company of approximately $20 million. The Offering was made pursuant to an underwriting agreement entered into between Guggenheim Securities as sole book-running manager, and Bloom Burton Securities as co-manager. Medicenna plans to use the net proceeds of the offering primarily to fund the clinical development of MDNA11, the preclinical development of a BiSKIT candidate, working capital and for general corporate purposes.