As drug­mak­ers seek ways to elude IL-2 flaws, Clin­i­gen se­cures the full rights to orig­i­nal trou­bled IL-2 drug Pro­leukin

Pro­leukin, the trou­bled IL-2 can­cer drug sold by No­var­tis, has found a new home at Clin­i­gen, while oth­ers in the field of im­muno-on­col­o­gy seek ways to cre­ate an im­proved ver­sion of the class of drugs sans the tox­i­c­i­ty that has stymied the use of the orig­i­nal IL-2.

Last year, Lon­don-list­ed Clin­i­gen $CLIN ac­quired the rights to sell the drug out­side the Unit­ed States from No­var­tis $NVS, in a deal where fi­nan­cial de­tails were not dis­closed. The drug, which is used to treat metasta­t­ic re­nal cell car­ci­no­ma and metasta­t­ic melanoma, has gen­er­at­ed rough­ly $80 mil­lion in an­nu­al sales in the last few years, ac­cord­ing to Eval­u­ate Phar­ma. In the year lead­ing up to June 30, 2018, Pro­leukin gen­er­at­ed US sales of $60 mil­lion, ac­cord­ing to Clin­i­gen, cit­ing IQVIA es­ti­mates.

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