BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq:MITI), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, proprietary antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has signed an agreement with MedImmune, LLC to buy out MedImmune’s rights to blinatumomab in North America, and to terminate the collaboration agreement signed in 2003 under which MedImmune had been granted the right to develop and commercialize blinatumomab in North America. As a result of this transaction, Micromet now controls global rights to develop and commercialize blinatumomab.
