Scorpion Therapeutics and Pierre Fabre to Co-Develop and Commercialize STX-721 and STX-241 for Patients with EGFRm NSCLC
“Our mission is to develop the next generation of transformational therapies and to deliver them to patients worldwide,” said Axel Hoos, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Scorpion. “Pierre Fabre is the ideal partner to accelerate this vision; a global pharmaceutical company with a robust clinical and commercial footprint in Europe and Asia, and a track record of successfully partnering with biotechnology companies to develop and provide access to innovative cancer medicines. This partnership should help to expand the reach of our EGFR targeting programs, allowing us to help patients who urgently need these treatments, including in markets such as China, where nearly 50% percent of all cases of NSCLC are expected to be EGFR-mutant by 20301.
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