Takeda San Francisco signs research agreement with the University of California, San Francisco

Posted on: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:01:00 EDT


Symbols: TKPHF
Sep 22, 2009 (Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) --
TKPHF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Takeda San Francisco, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, has entered into a sponsored research collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco. Both the partners are based in the US.

Under the agreement, the research program will focus on therapeutic antibody discovery and development to an undisclosed target. Charles Craik would serve as the principal investigator for the project.

Takeda Pharmaceutical is a Japan-based pharmaceutical company.

Deal Type    Partnership
Sub-Category Research and discovery,Development
Deal Status Announced: 2009-09-21

Deal Participants

Partner 1 (Company) Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Partner 2 (Company) Takeda San Francisco, Inc.
Partner 3 (Company) The University of California, San Francisco

Deal Rationale

The agreement enhances TSF's initiative to build a robust preclinical antibody therapeutics pipeline by leveraging its comprehensive and proprietary antibody technology platform and novel discovery, optimization and development technologies.

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