Leiden, The Netherlands, 17 March 2008 - Dutch biotechnology company Crucell N.V. and DSM Biologics, a business unit of DSM Pharmaceutical Products, today announced that German-based MorphoSys AG has decided to extend the PER.C6® technology licensing agreement entered in September 2004, exercising an option for clinical and commercial production of antibodies. The extended license agreement allows MorphoSys to use the PER.C6® production platform for its proprietary therapeutic cancer antibody program MOR202, as well as for clinical and commercial production of MOR202. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
