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Ad hoc: bluebird bio and Medigene establish strategic T cell receptor (TCR) alliance in cancer immunotherapy

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Medigene AG / Keyword(s): Contract / Ad hoc: bluebird bio and Medigene establish strategic T cell receptor (TCR) alliance in cancer immunotherapy . Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG. Processed and transmitted by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Martinsried/Munich and Cambridge, MA, 29 September 2016. Medigene AG (MDG1, Frankfurt, Prime Standard), Germany, and bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE), USA, today announced the signing of a strategic research and development collaboration and licensing agreement encompassing T cell receptor (TCR) immunotherapies against four targets.

Under the terms of the agreement, Medigene will be responsible for the generation and delivery of the TCRs using its TCR isolation and characterization platform. Following the collaborative preclinical development, bluebird bio will assume sole responsibility for the clinical development and commercialization of the TCR product candidates and will receive an exclusive license for the intellectual property covering the resulting TCRs.

Medigene will receive an upfront payment of USD 15 million as well as potential preclinical, clinical, regulatory and commercial milestone payments, which together could total over USD 1 billion in the aggregate for the four potential TCR products across several indications. Additionally, Medigene will receive R&D funding for all work performed in the collaboration and is eligible for tiered royalty payments on net sales up to a double-digit percentage.

Contractual parties to the agreement are Medigene Immunotherapies GmbH, a wholly owned affiliate of Medigene AG, and bluebird bio, Inc.

Contact Medigene
Julia Hofmann, Dr. Robert Mayer
Tel.: +49 - 89 - 20 00 33 - 33 01
Email: investor@medigene.com




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