Asia Deal Watch: Athenex Changes Mind, Gets Back Chinese Rights To Actinic Keratosis Candidate

Following a positive Phase III data readout for KX2-391, Athenex requests dissolution of its recent deal conferring rights to the drug in China to Chongqing Jingdong Junzhuo. TaiwanJ licenses Asian rights outside its home market for JK-122 to Newsoara.

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Scrip regularly covers business development and deal-making in the biopharmaceutical industry. Deal Watch is supported by deal intelligence from Strategic Transactions.

A few months after out-licensing Chinese rights to its actinic keratosis candidate KX2-391 to Chongqing Jingdong Junzhuo Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.,...

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