Fierce Pharma April 17, 2024
Fraiser Kansteiner

After proving the merits of its drug delivery platform last year with the approval of Teva’s long-acting schizophrenia drug Uzedy, France’s Medincell has hooked another big-name partner.

Medincell and AbbVie have struck up a co-development and licensing pact to create up to six long-acting injectables across “multiple therapeutic areas and indications,” Medincell said Tuesday.

Under the deal, Medincell is line to receive an upfront payment of $35 million, plus up to $1.9 billion in potential development and commercial milestones, as well as royalties on global sales.

Medincell will leverage its long-acting injectable technology platform to formulate new therapies and take them through the preclinical stage, at which point AbbVie will swoop in to finance and conduct clinical development of the...

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