Janssen Biotech Signs Option Agreement With Molecular Partners On Use Of DARPins In Immunological Diseases

Switzerland's Molecular Partners extends collaboration with Janssen on novel proteins, DARPins, in immune indications.

Molecular Partners AG has concluded its second major deal with a pharmaceutical company in six months, cementing its ongoing three-year-old research program with Johnson & Johnson's business unit, [Janssen Biotech NV], with a strategic research and option agreement involving the treatment of immunological diseases.

"It’s a substantial front-loaded deal, which means that Molecular Partners now has the cash to cover its burn for the next several years," said Molecular Partners' CEO Christian Zahnd. In...

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