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Amgen, Genentech sign license agreements for antibody patents
By Angela McDaniels
Seattle, Jan. 26 - Amgen Inc. and Genentech Inc. said they have entered into several agreements that grant licenses to each other under multiple patents for the manufacture and use of antibodies and related technology.
These agreements include a grant by Genentech to Amgen of a license for multiple antibodies under the Cabilly patent family (U.S. patent No. 6,331,415 et al.) relating in part to methods of producing immunoglobulins.
Financial details of the license agreements were not disclosed.
Amgen is a biotechnology company based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that develops human therapeutics.
Genentech is a South San Francisco, Calif.-based biotechnology company that develops and commercializes biotherapeutics.
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