Collaborations & Alliances

GSK Exercises Five Prime License Option

Triggers $1.5 million payment for respiratory target

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

GSK has exercised its option for an exclusive license to a target under the respiratory diseases research collaboration with Five Prime Therapeutics, triggering a $1.5 million payment to Five Prime.   The collaboration, established in 2012, aims to identify new therapeutic approaches to treat refractory asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with a focus on identifying novel therapeutic targets. The collaboration was expanded in April 2014 to include two additional respirator...

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