Novartis to pay up to $1.75 billion for U.S. cancer-focused biotech
By Steve Goldstein
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG on Thursday said it will pay up to $1.75 billion for a U.S. biotech focused on cancer.
Novartis said it's paying $1 billion upfront and up to $750 million more in milestone payments for Mariana Oncology, a Watertown, Mass.-based preclinical-stage biotechnology company focused on cancers with high unmet patient needs.
Mariana Oncology is working on developing what's called radioligand therapies, or RLT, and is investigating a candidate for use in small-cell lung cancer.
Novartis has two approved RLTs for certain patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and certain types of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Novartis shares in Swiss trade (CH:NOVN) (NVS) were steady and have gained 5% this year.
-Steve Goldstein
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