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The Ireland-headquartered firm will advance the candidate into US and EU narcolepsy studies as part of its pipeline diversification project as portfolio products are set to lose their patent exclusivity.

AbbVie pays $130m up front with up to $870m in earnout potential for UCB spinout focused on SV2A modulators. BioNTech gets rights to preclinical TCR candidates for solid tumors from Medigene.

Celltrion’s regdanvimab is undergoing an emergency use procedure in Europe, the European Medicines Agency and the health authorities in Canada have jointly published clinical data on the Moderna vaccine, and Canada has approved two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University jab.