Pierre Fabre Boosts Oncology Offering In Europe With Puma Deal

Another major deal with a US biotech has seen France’s Pierre Fabre exclusively licensing Puma’s Nerlynx for development and commercialization in Europe.  

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The agreement covers countries in North Africa, too. • Source: Shutterstock

Oncology R&D and commercialization are priorities for drugs-to-cosmetics firm Pierre Fabre Group, and the Castres, France-based private company has entered into its second major anticancer deal with a US biotech in recent years, this time with Los Angeles-headquartered Puma Biotechnology Inc..

Pierre Fabre has exclusively licensed Puma’s kinase inhibitor, Nerlynx (neratinib), approved for EU marketing in September 2018, for development and...

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