Mallinckrodt Medical/Sandoz Pharma
Executive Summary
Enter agreement to develop and radiolabel molecules for radiodiagnostics and radiotherapeutic products. The deal, announced Dec. 16 by Mallinckrodt parent IMCERA (Northbrook, Ill.) and Sandoz Pharma Ltd. (Basel) gives Mallinckrodt exclusive worldwide rights to diagnostic products generated by the collaboration; Sandoz will receive exclusive rights to any therapeutic products commercialized. Financial terms were not disclosed. The contract, initially for five years with possible extensions, grows out of a March 1991 agreement for Mallinckrodt to develop and market an Indium-111 radiolabeled cancer imaging agent (OctreoScan-111) based on Sandoz' Sandostatin (octreotide). Mallinckrodt filed an NDA for OctreoScan-111 for abdominal tumor imaging on Oct. 22 ("The Pink Sheet" Oct. 26, T&G- 1).
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