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Sino-US firm Eccogene Inc. announced on October 23rd that it is set to receive a $60 million payment from AstraZeneca (AZ, NASDAQ: AZN) following the successful achievement of development milestones for ECC5004/AZD5004, including the dosing of the first patient in the Phase 2b trial. This payment is a part of…
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Sino-US firm Eccogene Inc. has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with UK pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ; NASDAQ: AZN). Under the terms of the agreement, AstraZeneca will take over the development and commercialization rights to Eccogene’s GLP-1 receptor agonist drug candidate, ECC5004, for the treatment of obesity, type 2 diabetes,…