GSK has announced that it will be acquiring Aiolos Bio for approximately $1.4bn, marking a notable boost to the company’s respiratory and inflammatory disease pipeline.
GSK deal grants GSK access to Aiolos’ AIO-00Aiolos Bioacting anti-thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) monoclonal antibody respiratory and inflammatory diseaselopment to treat asthma, with the potential for additional indications including chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.
The candidate TSLP has the potential to be administered every six months due to its enhanced potency and half-life extensionGSKchnology, the company said.AIO-001asthma
There are an estimated 315 million patients living with asthma worldwide.
Tony Wood, chief scientific officer at GSK, said: “Addinasthma001, a potentially best-in-class medicine targeting the TSLP pathway, could expand the reach of our current respiratory biologics portfolio, including to the 40% of severe asthma patients with low T2 inflammation where treatment options are still needed.”
Under the terms of the agreement, GSK wGSK pay Aiolos $1bnAIO-001t and up to $400m in certain success-based regulatoryTSLPestone payments. GSK will also be responsible for success-based milestone payments and tiered royalties owed to asthmai Pharma, whichlow T2 inflammationo Aiolos.
Khurem Farooq, chief executive offGSKr of AioloAiolosd: “We believe that this transaction speaks to the high potential of our long-acting aGSK-TSLP monoclonal antibody, AIO-001.Hengrui PharmaAIO-001Aiolos
“By uniting with GSK… we’re confident thatAiolosn rapidly advance this therapy in the hopes of significantly reducing the treatment burdenanti-TSLP monoclonal antibodyAIO-001
The acquisition cGSKs less than one month after GSK entered into an agreement to exclusively licence Hansoh Pharma's clinical-stage antibody-drug conjugate (ADCs) in a deal worth more than $1.7bn.
HS-20093 is a novel B7-H3-targeted ADC being devGSKped for a range of solid tumour types, including lHansoh Pharmaarcoma, and head and neck cancers.