CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curis, Inc., (NASDAQ: CRIS), a therapeutic drug development company focusing on cancer, neurological and dermatological disease indications, announced today that Genentech, a collaborator, has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate Phase I clinical testing of a systemically administered small molecule Hedgehog antagonist for the treatment of cancer. Under the terms of the parties’ June 2003 collaboration agreement, Genentech will pay Curis a $3 million dollar cash payment after filing the IND application. Should this small molecule drug candidate successfully continue its development into subsequent stages of clinical testing and regulatory approval, Curis would be eligible to receive additional cash payments. Should this drug candidate be commercialized, Curis would also receive royalties on any product sales.
