Genen­tech inks $650M deal with pro­tein degra­da­tion pi­o­neer Arv­inas

Genen­tech is dou­bling down on its com­mit­ment to New Haven biotech Arv­inas, ex­tend­ing the duo’s part­ner­ship and tack­ing an ad­di­tion­al $350 mil­lion on­to the to­tal deal val­ue.

The com­pa­nies have been work­ing to­geth­er since 2015, with Genen­tech li­cens­ing Arv­inas’ plat­form for pro­tein degra­da­tion to do some se­cre­tive R&D. Back then, Genen­tech wasn’t dis­clos­ing its dis­ease tar­gets, and it still isn’t. They’re on­ly telling us that the new deal in­cludes ad­di­tion­al tar­gets in “mul­ti­ple ther­a­peu­tic ar­eas.”

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