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EMD Serono, Opexa Amend MS Pact

Opexa receives $3 million payment to support ongoing Phase IIb Abili-T trial

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, and Opexa Therapeutics, have amended their agreement for the development and commercialization of EMD’s investigational compound Tcelna (imilecleucel-T), which has received Fast Track Designation from the FDA.   A $3 million payment to Opexa will support the ongoing Phase IIb Abili-T trial in patients with secondary progressive MS (SPMS).   In February 2013, the companies entered an agreement, at which time Opexa received $5 million upfro...

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