Seattle Genetics Snags Milestone
Luke Timmerman8/10/09
Seattle Genetics, the Bothell, WA-based developer of antibody drugs for cancer, said today it has earned an undisclosed milestone payment from MedImmune, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca. Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: SGEN) is due to receive the payment because MedImmune started a clinical trial with a drug that uses Seattle Genetics’ proprietary technology for making antibody treatments more potent. Seattle Genetics has also licensed the technology to Genentech, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, and Bayer, among others.
Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.
