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May 2023 Top Biopharma Deal: Cellular Biomedicine development and commercialization deal with Janssen for C-CAR039 and C-CAR066
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- Cellular Biomedicine granted Janssen exclusive, worldwide rights (excluding China) for the development and commercialization of C-CAR039 and C-CAR066 CAR-T therapies for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
- Janssen has the option to develop therapies in China before the BLA application.
- Cellular will also transfer and supply the IND and studies with viral vector and plasmid related to C-CAR039 and C-CAR066.
- Cellular Biomedicine will receive an upfront payment of $245M, along with undisclosed potential milestone payments and royalties.
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Congrats to Cellular Biomedicine and Janssen for landing DealForma’s May 2023 Top Biopharma Deal. Last month’s Deal of the Month was DualityBio – BioNTech for DB-1303 and DB-1311. Read about it here.
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