Calithera Agrees to Acquire 2 Clinical-Stage Assets from Takeda Pharma

By Stephen Nakrosis

Biopharmaceutical company Calithera Biosciences Inc. on Monday said was expanding its oncology pipeline as it agreed to acquire two clinical-stage compounds from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Calithera said the compounds, sapanisertib and mivavotinib, strengthen its pipeline of clinical-stage targeted therapies. Susan Molineaux, the company's president and chief executive, said "We believe that these clinical-stage compounds are an excellent complement to our internally-developed pipeline programs, and fit well with our current strategic focus on biomarker-driven therapeutic approaches."

She also said the company plans to start clinical trials for both compounds and generate data in the next 12 to 18 months.

At 4:18 p.m. ET, Calithera stock had risen 4.48% to $2.10.

The stock finished the day's regular-trading session with a 1.47% loss, closing at $2.01 a share.

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