Genmab Secures Rights to Antibody from Medarex
COPENHAGEN, September 13 -- Genmab announced today the execution of an asset exchange agreement with Medarex, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Genmab will receive full rights to HuMax-Inflam(TM)/MDX-018, which targets IL-8, and Medarex will receive full rights to multiple disease programs in oncology. Genmab and Medarex will release to each other all previously held economic interests in the assets exchanged.
"Genmab will now hold all the rights to the HuMax-Inflam antibody which we have developed in cooperation with Medarex and hope to move the product into further clinical studies soon," said Lisa N. Drakeman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Genmab.
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