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Sino Biopharm Licenses Rovadicitinib to Sanofi for up to $1.5B

Rovadicitinib is approved in China for myelofibrosis and is in late-stage development for chronic graft-versus-host disease.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Sino Biopharmaceutical has signed an exclusive global licensing agreement ‌with Sanofi for the rights to rovadicitinib, in a transaction valued at up to $1.53 billion. The drug was recently approved in China as a first-line treatment for various forms of intermediate-2 or high-risk myelofibrosis and is in late-stage development for chronic graft-versus-host disease. Under the agreement, Sanofi gains an exclusive worldwide license to develop, manufacture and commercialize rovadicitinib. Sino B...

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