ChemoCentryx licenses investigational drug for rheumatoid arthritis to GlaxoSmithKline
Under the terms of the transaction, ChemoCentryx will receive an option exercise fee of USD 25 million and will be eligible for further milestone payments and royalties. GSK will be solely responsible for funding the further clinical development and commercialization of CCX354 worldwide.
HBM BioVentures has invested USD 13.7 million in ChemoCentryx and is with an ownership stake of 8% one of the company’s largest shareholders. The book value of the investment is USD 18.5 million and will not be changed in accordance with HBM BioVentures’ valuation principles, in spite of this positive news.
CCX354 is already the second drug candidate from ChemoCentryx licensed to GSK. In January 2010, the two companies closed a similar transaction for CCX282-B, an investigational drug for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease. ChemoCentryx has a number of additional products in development, including three further drugs in clinical development.
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