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Amgen Inc. / Kite Pharma, Inc.

2015 · Co-Development · $585M · Terminated

Outcome grade pending — assessed 5 years post-close.

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Jan 09, 2015 The Cancer Letter Bullish

Amgen and Kite Pharma entered into a strategic research collaboration to advance CAR T immunotherapy beyond CD19 by combining Amgen's oncology targets with…

Jan 12, 2015 Targeted Oncology Bullish

Novel CAR T-cell therapies expected from the Amgen/Kite Pharma collaboration, leveraging Kite's engineered autologous platform with Amgen's deep oncology…

Oct 03, 2017 Wikipedia (Kite Pharma) Neutral

Kite Pharma was acquired by Gilead for $11.9B in October 2017; the prior Amgen collaboration ultimately did not produce a publicly disclosed launched asset.

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Amgen and Kite Pharma announced a strategic research collaboration and license agreement to develop and commercialize CAR T cell immunotherapies based on Kite's engineered autologous cell therapy platform and Amgen's array of cancer targets. Kite received $60M upfront and was eligible for up to $525M in milestones per Amgen program plus tiered royalties; Amgen also eligible for $525M per Kite program.

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