MARTINSRIED, Germany, March 28, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) (PRIMEZONE) -- MorphoSys AG (Frankfurt:MOR) (Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) today announced that Astellas Pharma Inc. ("Astellas" Tokyo, Japan), Japan's second largest ethical pharmaceutical company, and MorphoSys AG have entered into a license agreement for the use of MorphoSys's HuCAL technology. Under the terms of the agreement, MorphoSys grants Astellas access to its HuCAL GOLD antibody library for use in its internal pharmaceutical drug discovery programs. In return, MorphoSys stands to receive an up-front payment and annual user fees during the life span of the agreement.
