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Sankyo-Parke-Davis to sell GelTex drug in US
Dec 1999
Executive Summary
In an effort to boost its US presence, Sankyo licensed exclusive marketing rights here to GelTex's (developing polymer-based drugs that bind and eliminate targeted substances in the intestines) Welchol (colesevelam hydrochloride), a cholesterol-lowering drug awaiting FDA approval. It also optioned worldwide rights to a second-generation version of the drug that GelTex says is twice as potent, GT102-279, which is in Phase II trials.
Deal Industry
- Biotechnology
- Pharmaceuticals
Deal Status
- Final
Deal Type
-
Alliance
- R+D and Marketing-Licensing
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