Germany's MorphoSys showcases pipeline and technology update at R&D day in London

26 November 2010

At an R&D day in London, UK, yesterday, German biotechnology firm MorphoSys (MOR: GR) revealed significant recent developments and provided a full outlook on its partnered and proprietary drug pipeline as well as a comprehensive technology update, saying it has built one of the broadest antibody pipelines in the biotechnology industry with 12 clinical projects ongoing and a total of 76 distinct drug programs.

Among the announcements at the R&D day were:

Disclosure of multiple sclerosis as the second indication for the company’s lead development program MOR103, a fully-human HuCAL antibody targeting GM-CSF. The decision is based on a compelling scientific rationale and promising preclinical data. MorphoSys said it expects to start a Phase Ib trial in multiple sclerosis with MOR103 in second-half 2011.

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