MacroGenics Signs Another Lucrative DART Deal with Janssen For $75m Up Front
Executive Summary
Janssen Biotech Inc. apparently likes what it's seen so far from the first bi-specific antibody that it licensed from MacroGenics Inc., because the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary obtained rights to a second asset from the Rockville, Maryland-based firm's Dual Affinity Re-Targeting (DART) platform.
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