Cambridge, MA-based Acceleron Pharma is broadening its anemia research partnership with Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]), the Summit, NJ-based biotech giant, according to a press release. The companies, which have been collaborating since 2008, have formed a new joint development and commercialization deal for ACE-536, a compound that treats anemia. Celgene will make an upfront payment of $25 million to to Acceleron, which will also be eligible to receive up to $217 million in milestone payments and double-digit royalties should the product make it to market.
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Arlene is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences and technology. She was previously a senior health writer based out of the New York City headquarters of BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health. Her freelance pieces have been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Arlene has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010.
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