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Thursday, October 23, 2008

GlaxoSmithKline and AFFiRiS : exclusive licence and option agreement for therapeutic Alzheimer’s disease candidate vaccines

23 October 2008 - GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. (GSK) and AFFiRiS GmbH announced the execution of a collaboration agreement granting GSK exclusive rights to AFFiRiS’s Alzheimer’s disease vaccine programmes, aimed at treating Alzheimer’s by targeting beta-amyloid.

As part of the agreement, GSK is acquiring exclusive rights to develop and commercialise two Alzheimer’s disease vaccine candidates that are based on AFFiRiS AFFiTOPE technology and are currently in Phase I clinical development. AFFiRiS is also granting GSK an exclusive option to develop and commercialise alternative Alzheimer’s disease vaccine candidates which are in preclinical development... GlaxoSmithKline's Press Release - [PDF] AFFiRiS' Press Release -