02.10.2013 07:49:51

MorphoSys To Receive Clinical Milestone Payment From Novartis - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - MorphoSys AG (MPSYY.PK) announced that its collaborator Novartis (NVS) has initiated a phase 2/3 clinical trial in sporadic inclusion body myositis patients with the HuCAL-derived antibody bimagrumab. The event triggered a clinical milestone payment to MorphoSys.

Bimagrumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody developed to treat pathological muscle loss and weakness. Bimagrumab was developed by the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, in collaboration with MorphoSys, whose HuCAL library was used to identify the antibody.

Novartis received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for bimagrumab for sporadic inclusion body myositis in August 2013.

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