Boehringer Ingelheim to Acquire NBE-Therapeutics for EUR 1.18 Billion, Significantly Enhancing Its Cancer Pipeline Portfolio with Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugates
- Acquisition will add another key dimension to Boehringer Ingelheim’s focus on patients with difficult-to-treat solid tumors
- NBE-Therapeutics’ pipeline is based on its innovative next generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology platform
- NBE-Therapeutics’ will remain at its campus in Basel, Switzerland and operate as a new site within Boehringer Ingelheim’s R&D network
Ingelheim, Germany and Basel, Switzerland – 10 December 2020 – Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the signing of a binding agreement for acquiring all shares of NBE-Therapeutics, a private, clinical-stage Swiss biotechnology company focused on antibody-drug conjugates and advancing targeted cancer therapies derived from its immune stimulatory iADC™ platform. NBE-Therapeutics’ lead compound NBE-002 is currently in phase I clinical studies for triple negative breast cancer and other solid tumors. Importantly, Boehringer Ingelheim gains access to an innovative and unique platform that it will use to build a leading ADC portfolio and develop potential combinations with other assets from its cancer immunology portfolio.
