Sanofi-aventis and U.S. Biotechnology company Merrimack enter into an Exclusive Global Collaboration and Licensing Agreement for a monoclonal antibody in OncologySanofi-Aventis • October 27th, 2009 • Pharmaceutical preparations
Company FiledOctober 27th, 2009 IndustryParis, France – October 1, 2009 – Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today an exclusive global collaboration and licensing agreement on MM-121, a first-in-class, fully human monoclonal antibody designed to block signaling of the ErbB3 (also known as HER3) receptor, for the management of solid malignancies. MM-121 is currently in Phase 1 clinical testing.