By Colin Kellaher

 

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. and Immatics N.V. on Tuesday said they will work to develop and commercialize IMA401, the most advanced product candidate in Immatics' TCR Bispecifics pipeline.

New York biopharmaceutical company Bristol Myers said it will make an upfront payment of $150 million to Immatics, which is also eligible for up to $770 million in milestone payments, along with royalties on sales of IMA401.

Bristol Myers said it will have an exclusive global license to IMA401, while Immatics, a Tuebingen, Germany, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, retains the options to co-fund U.S. development in exchange for enhanced U.S. royalty payments and/or to co-promote IMA401 in the U.S.

Bristol Myers and Immatics said IMA401 has shown anti-tumor activity in preclinical proof-of-concept studies, with complete remissions in various in-vivo tumor models including patient-derived xenograft models. The companies said they will collaborate to advance the program through clinical development.

Shares of Immatics, which closed Monday at $11.93, rose more than 10% in premarket trading.

 

Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 14, 2021 07:39 ET (12:39 GMT)

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