Amgen acquires Medigene spin-off Catherex
The former shareholders of Catherex will receive an upfront payment of USD 10.5 million from Amgen and will be entitled to milestone payments upon achievement of certain regulatory and sales-based milestones for Amgen's drug Imlygic® (formerly T-Vec). In addition, royalty payments on the sale of Imlygic® will be made until the end of 2020. Amgen's drug Imlygic® was approved for the treatment of advanced, metastatic melanoma in the USA in October 2015 and recently in the European Union.
Closing of the transaction is envisaged to take place early 2016. Therefore, there is no impact on Medigene's financial guidance for 2015.
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