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Servier SAS / Cellectis SA

2014 · Co-Development · $850M · Complete

Outcome grade pending — assessed 5 years post-close.

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The coverage arc

Nov 18, 2015 Cellectis (Servier option exercise) Bullish

Cellectis confirmed Servier's exclusive worldwide licensing option exercise for UCART19, triggering the milestone structure originally negotiated in February…

Jan 09, 2018 Fierce Biotech Neutral

Cellectis CEO Andre Choulika told Fierce Biotech the 2014 Servier deal gave Cellectis 'validation and a bit of cash' at a moment when 'no one really believed…

Jun 22, 2022 BioPharma Dive Neutral

BioPharma Dive recapped the Servier-Cellectis-Pfizer-Allogene chain, noting Servier's eventual exit reflected allogeneic CAR-T's failure to match autologous…

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Servier paid Cellectis $10M upfront plus up to $140M per program in milestones across six allogeneic CAR-T candidates including lead UCART19 for B-cell leukemia. The pact was a precedent-setting bet on off-the-shelf gene-edited cell therapy and Servier later exercised its UCART19 option in November 2015.

Key facts

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