Genmab A/S, Copenhagen, announced an agreement to create and develop human antibody therapeutics for disorders of the central nervous system with H. Lundbeck A/S, also of Copenhagen. Genmab will create novel human antibodies to three targets identified by Lundbeck. Lundbeck will have access to Genmab’s antibody creation and development capabilities, including its state of the art, fully automated pre-clinical antibody screening and characterization capabilities and its proprietary stabilized IgG4 and UniBody therapeutic antibody platforms. Lundbeck will have an option to take selected antibodies into clinical development at its own cost and subject to the payment of milestones and single-digit royalties to Genmab upon successful development and commercialization. Genmab will have a similar option to take selected antibodies into clinical development for cancer indications at its own cost and subject to the payment of milestones and single-digit royalties to Lundbeck.
This news was featured in the November/December issue of Drug Discovery & Development.
