Ipsen Pays Exelixis $200m Up Front For Ex-US Cometriq Rights
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Executive Summary
Exelixis Inc. will bring in $260m in up front and milestone payments in 2016 alone under its new partnership with Ipsen for ex-US development and commercialization of Cometriq (cabozantinib), while the company awaits both US and EU approvals of the drug for a form of kidney cancer.
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