Qyuns Therapeutics (HKG:2509) has granted Huadong Medicine's subsidiary Zhongmei Huadong the exclusive rights to jointly develop QX005N, and an optional right to market it in the field of healthcare in the greater China region, a Sunday filing with the Hong Kong Exchange said.
QX005N is a monoclonal antibody (mAb) blocking IL-4Rα and has received up to seven Investigational New Drug Application approvals from relevant authorities for indications like atopic dermatitis, prurigo nodularis, and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.
Under the agreement, the parties will conduct the clinical and non-clinical studies and registration-related work of the subject product together and if Zhongmei agrees to market the product as well then it will be responsible for the marketing and promotion of the product in the greater China region.
Cellularforce, a subsidiary of the company will produce the clinical trial samples of the product.
The company's shares were up nearly 2% on Monday's close.
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