LYON, France & MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flamel Technologies SA (NASDAQ: FLML) and Digna Biotech SL today announced that the two companies have entered into a joint development agreement for the pre-clinical and clinical development of multiple products. The agreement has been structured to leverage Digna’s groundbreaking research, preclinical and clinical development efforts, and Flamel’s formulation expertise in creating safer, more efficacious products using its innovative proprietary drug delivery platforms, Medusa® and Micropump®. Flamel will be primarily responsible for the formulation and manufacturing process development and Digna will be primarily responsible for the preclinical and clinical development. The three initial Digna products that have been identified for development under the agreement are P144, P17, and Methylthiadenosine (MTA). All of these molecules have shown significant activity in preclinical studies involving multiple indications with high unmet medical need. Both companies expect that the achievement of clinical proof of concept data under the joint development agreement will result in significant additional value creation for the parties.
