- F-star Therapeutics ( NASDAQ: FSTX ) on Wednesday said it had entered into a licensing agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical major Takeda ( NYSE: TAK ) to develop a cancer immune therapy.
- As per the terms of the deal, FSTX will grant Takeda a worldwide license to research, develop and commercialize an antibody against a cancer target using F-star's ( FSTX ) Fcab and mAb2 platforms.
- FSTX will get an upfront license fee of $1M, and will be eligible to get up to $40M in milestone payments.
- FSTX stock was marginally higher in early trading, while U.S.-listed shares of TAK were -0.6% at $14.58.
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F-star enters license deal with Takeda for a cancer immune therapy antibody