ITM Isotopen Technologien München and DuChemBio Sign Exclusive Licensing & Development Agreement for Solucin® TRT in South Korea
September 02, 2019 at 08:08 am
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ITM Isotopen Technologien München AG (ITM) and DuChemBio Co Ltd. (DCB) announced the conclusion of an exclusive licensing and development agreement for Solucin® Targeted Radionuclide Therapy (TRT) in South Korea. The agreement sets out terms concerning the local development, registration and subsequent commercialization by DCB of ITM’s proprietary brand Solucin® for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy (TRT) in South Korea. Solucin® patient doses will be manufactured and exclusively supplied to DCB by ITM. Within the framework of this collaboration, DCB and ITM plan to initiate a local clinical study for ITM’s Solucin® TRT which is expected to begin recruiting patients in 2020. The study concept is based on ITM’s Phase III clinical trial COMPETE, which has recently seen a considerable increase in patients as a result of strong recruitment in the United States in particular. COMPETE involves 42 leading cancer centers in 12 countries, predominantly in Europe, North America, South Africa and Australia. The COMPETE clinical trial is an international multi-center phase III clinical study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Targeted Radionuclide Therapy with no-carrier-added Lutetium-177-Edotreotide (Solucin®). Its aim is to compare Solucin® to Everolimus in patients with inoperable, progressive, somatostatin-receptor positive neuroendocrine tumors of gastroenteric or pancreatic origin (GEP-NET). The study’s primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS).
DuChemBio Co Ltd is a Korea-based company principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of radiopharmaceuticals. The Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals such as radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, and radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis of brain tumors. In addition, the Company is engaged in the sale of computed tomography (CT) contrast agents and other products.