By Chris Wack
Immunome shares were up 16% to $19.56 after the company agreed to buy AL102 and related drug candidate AL101 from Ayala Pharmaceuticals.
Ayala shares more than doubled to $1.31 in recent trading.
AL102 is an experimental drug currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 trial to treat desmoid tumors - noncancerous growths in the connective tissue. The drug was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in November 2023.
Immunome will pay Ayala $20 million in cash and $30 million in Immunome shares at closing, and will pay up to an additional $37.5 million in development and commercial milestone payments.
Completion of the transaction is subject to customary conditions including Ayala obtaining the requisite stockholder approval.
Write to Chris Wack at chris.wack@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 06, 2024 10:53 ET (15:53 GMT)
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