Therapy Areas: Hereditary Disorders
Shire, Sangamo join hands on haemophilia treatments
2 February 2012 - Irish Shire plc (LON:SHP) and US genome-editing technology specialist Sangamo BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) said on Wednesday they have signed a collaboration and licence deal to develop therapeutics for haemophilia and other monogenic diseases based on Sangamo's zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology.

Under the agreement, Shire will obtain exclusive worldwide rights to ZFP Therapeutics designed to target four genes (for blood clotting Factors VII, VIII, IX and X) which will be used to investigate curative therapies for haemophilia A and B. Shire also receives the right to designate three additional gene targets.

Sangamo is responsible for all activities through filing of Investigational New Drug (IND) Applications and European Clinical Trial Applications (CTA) for each product and Shire will reimburse Sangamo for its internal and external research programme-related costs. Shire is responsible for clinical development and commercialisation of products emerging from the partnership.

Shire will pay Sangamo USD13m (EUR9.9m) upfront followed by research, regulatory, development and commercial milestone payments, and royalties on product sales.

(USD1 = EUR0.761)
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