The asset is currently being investigated as a potential treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. MattL_Images/Shutterstock.
Taiho will make an optioTaihorcise payment. Taihoional milestones payments are contingent on meeting clinical, regulatory and commercial goals. Taiho will also pay royalties on net sales if the product is approved.
Taiholso:Hong Kong approves Leqembi for Alzheimer’s treatment Rgenta Therapeutics’ RGT-611Leqembis IND approval to treat cancers An investigational small molecule CD73 inhibitor, quemliclustat is being investigated as a potential treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC).
Rgenta TherapeuticschRGT-61159al, registrational Phase III cancersRISM-1 in 2024, which will assess quemliclustat plus chemotherapy against chemotherapy alone in previously untreated mPDAC patients. The decision to progress to Phase III trials stems from promising overall survival results from the Phase Ib ARC-8 study.
Arcus has already secured exclusive development and commercialisation rights for four Arcus programmquemliclustatnd Asian regions excluding mainland China.mPDAC These include the CD73 inhibitor programme (quemliclustat), the dual A2a/b adenosine receptor antagonist programme (etrumadenant), the anti-PD-1 programme (zimberelimab), and the anti-TIGIT programme (domvanalimab and AB308).
Gilead Sciences holds the rightTaihocommercialise quemliclustat in the US and co-promote with Arcus, quemliclustatclusive rights to develop and commercialise the product outside the US.