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Monday, July 10, 2023

Prothena: Bristol Myers Squibb Opt-in for Worldwide Rights of PRX005 Anti-MTBR-Tau Antibody

 

  • Prothena to receive $55 million from Bristol Myers Squibb for exclusive worldwide license to PRX005, building on exclusive U.S. license which was optioned in June 2021
  • Bristol Myers Squibb will be responsible for development, manufacturing, and commercialization going forward

Prothena Corporation plc (NASDAQ:PRTA), a late-stage clinical biotechnology company with a robust pipeline of investigational therapeutics built on protein dysregulation expertise, today announced that Bristol Myers Squibb exercised its option under the global neuroscience research and development collaboration to obtain the exclusive worldwide commercial rights for PRX005 and will pay Prothena $55 million. PRX005, which is designed to be a best-in-class anti-tau antibody, specifically targets an area within the microtubule binding region (MTBR) of tau for the potential treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

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