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2004 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corporation (IMNR), a biopharmaceutical company, and NovaRx Corporation, a privately held cancer-focused company, have signed a licensing agreement to transfer all of The Immune Response Corporation's in-licensed development and marketing rights of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center's (SKCC) patent portfolio for cancer cell line vaccines to NovaRx.
In addition, NovaRx agreed to pay The Immune Response Corporation the total sum of $1,050,000, including an upfront fee and a final payment due on or before August 2007. The Immune Response Corporation had previously licensed the cancer cell vaccine technology from SKCC in 1994.
In 1997, The Immune Response Corporation sublicensed a portion of the SKCC patented technology to NovaRx for their exclusive use in treating a variety of cancers and has received milestone payments related to those licenses. The previously licensed technology specifically covers blocking activity of a potent immune suppressive cytokine, called transforming growth factor-beta (TGFB), which is produced by tumor cells. ...