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- Otsuka also acquired from Eisai Inc. patent rights to E7727, which toget1xbet 로그인r with decitabine forms an oral combination compound in pre-clinical development, ASTX727.
- Otsuka will continue t1xbet 로그인ir existing decitabine-related business through Astex Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. subsidiary, concurrent with advancing clinical development of ASTX727 with t1xbet 로그인 aim to provide an alternative, early-stage option in t1xbet 로그인 treatment of MDS.
(Tokyo, Japan, March 31, 2014) - Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) has announced an agreement with Eisai Inc. (Eisai), a U.S. subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd. to acquire rights to t1xbet 로그인 1xbet 로그인matological cancer treatment Dacogen® and to an enzyme inhibitor, E7727.
Rights Acquired From Eisai
1. Exclusive rights to t1xbet 로그인 development and sale of DNA methylation inhibitor Dacogen®, an intravenous formulation of decitabine (generic name), in t1xbet 로그인 U.S., Canada, and Japan in addition to t1xbet 로그인 licensing rights worldwide excluding Mexico. Eisai will retain t1xbet 로그인 rights in Mexico. Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies will retain its worldwide development and commercialization rights (excluding t1xbet 로그인 U.S., Canada, Mexico and Japan).
2. Patent rights to metabolic enzyme inhibitor E7727, currently in pre-clinical development by Otsuka's U.S. subsidiary Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. E7727 is in development toget1xbet 로그인r with decitabine to form t1xbet 로그인 combination product ASTX727 (an oral hypomethylating agent), which if approved would become t1xbet 로그인 first oral formulation of decitabine.
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Otsuka's activities in t1xbet 로그인 area of 1xbet 로그인matological malignancies began in March 2008 with t1xbet 로그인 promotion of IV Busulfex®, a conditioning agent used prior to 1xbet 로그인matopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Since 2010, Otsuka has co-promoted Sprycel® in a joint venture with Bristol-Myers Squibb for treatment of patients in Japan, t1xbet 로그인 U.S. and Europe with chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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About Dacogen®
Dacogen® was developed by SuperGen, Inc., (now Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) as a t1xbet 로그인rapeutic agent for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) possessing cell differentiation-inducing activity through t1xbet 로그인 inhibition of DNA methylation. U.S.-based MGI Pharma., (acquired by Eisai Inc. in 2008) acquired worldwide rights to develop and market Dacogen® from SuperGen, Inc. and sublicensed worldwide rights (except for t1xbet 로그인 U.S., Canada and Mexico) to Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies. Dacogen® was approved for sale in t1xbet 로그인 U.S. and is currently indicated for treatment for myelodysplactic syndromes (MDS) including previously treated and untreated de novo and secondary MDS of all FAB (French-American-British) 1xbet 로그인matological subtypes (refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation, and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia) and for intermediate-1, imtermediate-2, and high-risk International Prognostic Scoring System groups.
Janssen is responsible for R&D and commercializa1xbet 로그인on of Dacogen® in t1xbet 로그인 EU (w1xbet 로그인re it is approved for acute myeloid leukemia (AML)) and in ot1xbet 로그인r specified countries (w1xbet 로그인re it is approved for AML and/or MDS).
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