ImmunoGen, a Waltham, MA-based drug developer, said today that Bayer has obtained an exclusive worldwide license to its Tumor-Activated Prodrug technology, which allows a drug to remain safe and stable in the blood, and then release a cell-killing agent when it gets inside tumors. ImmunoGen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:IMGN]]) will get $4 million upfront, plus milestone payments of as much as $170 million for each drug Bayer develops with the technology, and royalties on sales if any become marketed products. Bayer will use the license to aim at an undisclosed target on solid tumors.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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