Privately-held biopharma F-star said today that its partner, Denali Therapeutics (NSDQ:DNLI), chose to exercise its option to buy F-Star Gamma in a deal valued at approximately $471 million. The two companies first inked a collaboration in August 2016 to develop antibody technologies that help drugs cross the blood-brain barrier. “When you give an antibody via IV […]
Denali inks collab with Takeda to help Alzheimer’s drugs get into the brain
Denali Therapeutics (NSDQ:DNLI) has landed a strategic partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO:4502) to develop and commercialize three of its product candidates for neurodegenerative diseases. The deal includes Denali’s preclinical Alzheimer’s projects, among other undisclosed candidates, which make use of the company’s antibody transport vehicles, or ATVs, to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. According to the terms of […]
