Molecular Partners announces collaboration with Novartis to develop DARPin conjugated radioligand therapy candidates for oncology

2021-12-15 00:58:18 By : Mr. Kyle Chan

Cooperate with the Molecular Partners DARPin platform and Novartis’ world-class capabilities in radioligand therapy to explore the potential of new cancer targeted therapies

Novartis will pay an upfront payment of US$20 million, commercial royalties not to exceed double digits, and milestone payments.

Zurich-Schlieelen, Switzerland and Concord, Massachusetts, December 14, 2021 (Global News Agency)-Special announcement under Article 2. 53 LR:

Molecular Partners AG (SIX: MOLN; NASDAQ: MOLN) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is developing a new customized protein drug called DARPin therapy. It announced today that it has cooperated with Novartis in the form of a license agreement to develop, manufacture and Commercial DARPin-conjugated radioligand therapy (DARPin-RLTs). This collaboration will combine Molecular Partners' industry-leading ability to quickly generate high-affinity DARPins and Novartis' RLT capabilities and expertise.

By using the power of radioactive atoms and applying it to cancer through targeted radioligand therapy, RLT has the potential to deliver molecular targeted radiation to tumor cells anywhere in the body. Under the terms of the agreement, Molecular Partners will work with Novartis to discover DARPin-RLT for specific tumor-associated antigens. DARPins have great potential to achieve robust, tumor-specific delivery of radioligands because of their small size, allowing greater tumor penetration, and high specificity and affinity.

"We are very pleased to announce this new collaboration with Novartis. Over the past few years, the NIBR team has established itself as a world leader in the RLT field, and working with them on this project is an easy choice," Molecular Partners CEO Patrick Amstutz (Patrick Amstutz) said. "Although DARPins can be designed to perform any number of biological tasks, here we highlight some of their innate characteristics, including small size and high specificity and affinity, which may provide advantages for RLTs that usually require highly specific delivery vectors. ."

Jay Bradner, director of the Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, said: “Radioligand therapy is a transformative platform for delivering radiation to target cells, and DARPins are a unique way to target tumors. "The combination of these two technologies aims to enable us to directly target the radioligand to tumor cells in any part of the body, with the goal of improving and prolonging the lives of patients. "

According to the agreement, the two parties will cooperate in the discovery and optimization of therapeutic candidate drugs. Novartis will be responsible for all clinical development and commercialization activities. Novartis will pay Molecular Partners US$20 million in advance, total potential development, regulatory and commercialization milestone payments of up to US$560 million, as well as low double-digit royalties.

About Molecular Partners AG Molecular Partners AG is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops DARPin therapy, a new type of customized protein drug designed to solve challenges that cannot be solved by current models. The company has established partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies to advance DARPin treatments in the fields of ophthalmology, oncology and infectious diseases, and has compounds in various stages of clinical and preclinical development in multiple therapeutic areas. www.molecularpartners.com; find us on Twitter-@MolecularPrtnrs' warning about forward-looking statements The definition in the Litigation Reform Act (as amended) includes, but is not limited to, implied and express statements about the clinical development of Molecular Partners’ current or future product candidates, including expectations of the timing of clinical trials or the potential therapeutic and clinical benefits of Molecular Partners’ product candidates, Viral mutations and variants of SARS-CoV-2 including the future efficacy of ensovibep. These statements may be identified by words such as "expect", "may", "plan", "potential", "will" and similar expressions and are based on the current beliefs and expectations of Molecular Partners AG. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the results reflected in such statements. Some key factors that may cause actual results to differ from our expectations include our ongoing and planned clinical trials and preclinical studies, including the timing of such trials and studies; the results of preclinical studies and clinical trials may not be predictive of future clinical trials. The risk of future results related to the experiment; our reliance on third-party partners and collaborators, we may not be able to fully control; our plan to develop and potentially commercialize our product candidates; we obtain and maintain the results of our product candidates The timing of regulatory approvals and our capabilities; the scope of clinical trials that our candidate products may require; the clinical utility and capabilities of our candidate products that are recognized by the market; the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations or clinical trials; Testing may not be able to confirm the risk of ensovibep's efficacy in reproducing all mutated viruses (complete Omicron pseudo-variants) at the same time; the planning and development of any new indications for our product candidates; our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities And strategy; our intellectual property status; our ability to identify and license other product candidates; the risk factor section of the F-1 registration statement submitted by Molecular Partners to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 14, 2021, and Molecular Other risks and uncertainties described in other documents submitted by Partners to the SEC. These documents can be found on the Investor page of the Molecular Partners website http://www.molecularpartners.com. Any forward-looking statements are only issued on the date of this press release and are based on information available to Molecular Partners as of the date of this press release, and Molecular Partners does not undertake and does not intend to update any forward-looking statements-forward-looking statements, regardless of Is it due to new information, future events, or other reasons.

Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN) and Novartis (NYSE: NVS) have signed a license agreement to develop, manufacture and commercialize DARPin-conjugated radioligand therapy (DARPin- RLTs). According to the license agreement, Novartis will pay Molecular Partners US$20 million in advance. The total transaction amount also includes milestone payments of up to 560 million U.S. dollars and low double-digit percentage royalties. Novartis will be responsible for all clinical development and commercialization

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