On November 30, 2017 MorphoSys Increases Financial Guidance for 2017 Following Signature of Regional License Agreement for Antibody MOR202 with I-Mab (Press release, MorphoSys, NOV 30, 2017, View Source [SID1234556341])
Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:
Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing
Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!
MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX; OTC: MPSYY) and I-Mab announced today that they have entered into an exclusive regional licensing agreement to develop and commercialize MOR202 in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. MOR202 is MorphoSys’s proprietary investigational antibody against CD38, for which recruitment of a European Phase 1/2a clinical study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma has been concluded.
Under the terms of the agreement, I-Mab Biopharma (a fully owned affiliate of I-Mab) will assume exclusive responsibility for all subsequent development and commercialization of MOR202 in the agreed territory. MorphoSys receives an immediate upfront payment of USD 20 million. MorphoSys will be entitled to receive additional success-based clinical and commercial milestone payments from I-Mab of up to approximately USD 100 million, as well as tiered, double-digit royalties on net sales of MOR202 in the territory.
In connection with the license agreement with I-Mab, MorphoSys has increased its financial guidance. For the year 2017, MorphoSys now expects revenues in the range from EUR 63 to 66 million (up from previously EUR 46 to 51 million) and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of EUR -66 to -71 million (up from previously EUR -75 to -85 million). Guidance for revenues and EBIT includes royalty income on Tremfya(R) sales in Q3 2017, but does not include any royalty income on Tremfya(R) sales in Q4 2017. Following the partnering of MOR202, proprietary R&D expenses will be in the range from EUR 96 to 100 million (previously EUR 85 to 95 million).