COPENHAGEN, Denmark & BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genmab A/S (OMX:GEN) and Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGEN) announced today that the companies have entered into a second antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) research collaboration agreement. Under the new agreement, Genmab has rights to utilize Seattle Genetics’ ADC technology with HuMax-CD74, an antibody in pre-clinical development to target CD74, which is expressed on a wide range of hematological malignancies and solid tumors. Seattle Genetics received an undisclosed upfront payment and has the right to exercise a co-development and co-commercialization option for any resulting ADC products at the end of Phase I clinical development.
