GlaxoSmithKline exercises option for ChemoCentryx' Traficet-EN for IBD

12 January 2010

As part of a deal signed in 2006, UK drug giant GlaxoSmithKline has exercised its option to obtain an exclusive license for further development and worldwide commercialization of Traficet-EN (CCX282-B), a specific CCR9 antagonist with the potential to offer a new approach for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn's disease, licensed from USA-based ChemoCentryx.

The option also encompasses two further identified backup compounds and represents the first product licensing opportunity resulting from the original collaboration with ChemoCentryx through GSK's Centre of Excellence for External Drug Discovery.

Terms of up to $1.5 billion accord

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