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24 Mar 2015

BMS Acquires Exclusive Licence from Novo Nordisk for a Discovery Research Program Focused on Autoimmune Diseases

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) has announced the company has signed an agreement with Novo Nordisk under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire an exclusive global licence to a discovery biologics research programme focused on modulating the innate immune system as a therapy for autoimmune diseases. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

The agreement supports BMS’s long-standing commitment to immunoscience, a core therapeutic area with multiple innovative drug candidates in development to target immune-mediated diseases with high unmet medical needs.

 

The innate immune system is the body’s first line of defense against pathogens and responds to exogenous agents in an antigen non-specific way to stimulate an immediate protective response. Dysregulated innate immunity plays a critical role in the induction and pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.

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