Pharma giant Ipsen will pay US$1bn to acquire French immuno-oncology firm ImCheck Therapeutics SAS. The deal includes US$350m upfront and up to US$650m in milestone payments. ImCheck focuses on butyrophilins, a new class of immune regulators, through its antibody programme ICT01, currently in Phase I trials.
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French Ipsen has exclusively licensed BMX-502, a T-cell engager (TCE) from Biommunex SA, which prevents common problems of TCEs such as cytokine release syndrome and T cell exhaustion by using a specific mucosal T cell subpopulation abundant in the human body.


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