Exelixis and Catalent Enter into New License Agreement for Three Antibody-Drug Conjugate Programs with the Potential to Accelerate Exelixis’ Biologics Pipeline

“Exelixis is committed to building a robust biologics pipeline, and this agreement expands our portfolio to include three highly promising targets with broad potential in multiple solid tumor indications, including bladder, breast, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, and other cancers,” said Peter Lamb, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Scientific Strategy and Chief Scientific Officer, Exelixis. “We believe that the antibodies, ADCs and data Catalent has generated to date will enable rapid advancement of these programs, enabling an acceleration of our in-house biotherapeutics pipeline. We are excited for this new opportunity to continue our work together to advance additional programs that have the potential to provide patients with new therapeutic options.”

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