GSK plc stock (NYSE: GSK) trades at $38 per share, about 20% below its peak level of over $47 seen in April 2022. In contrast, its peer Bristol Myers Squibb stock (NYSE: BMY) saw a 48% decline over this period.
GSK revamps its existing collaboration deal with partner CureVac, converting it from a collaboration deal into a licensing agreement related to mRNA vaccine candidates for COVID-19 and influenza.
Drug maker GSK (GSK) agreed to pay up to $1.56 billion for the rights to develop, manufacture, and market COVID-19 and influenza vaccines being worked on in collaboration with German biotechnology company CureVac (CVAC).
The deal represents a vote of confidence in the future of the mRNA-based vaccine market.
British Pharma giant GSK said on Wednesday it will pay as much as $1.5 billion to take control of several mRNA vaccines from vaccine developer CureVac, sending shares of the struggling German biotech soaring during premarket trading and strengthening the British drugmaker's vaccine portfolio as it tries to compete with the likes of Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech.
U.S.-listed shares of CureVac NV surged on Wednesday after GSK PLC announced an offer worth up to $1.56 billion (€1.44 billion) for the rights to the German biopharmaceutical's COVID-19 and flu vaccines.
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GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK) said it will take effective control of a collaboration to create new mRNA vaccines for influenza and COVID-19 under a €1.45 billion deal. Under a new agreement with Germany's CureVac, the UK drugs giant will be ceded the rights to develop, manufacture, and sell these vaccines generated by the partnership.
GSK acquires full rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize globally mRNA candidate vaccines for influenza and COVID-19, including combinations CureVac receives €400 million upfront and up to an additional €1.05 billion in development, regulatory and sales milestone payments as well as tiered royalties; all previous financial considerations from the prior collaboration agreement replaced LONDON, UK, TÜBINGEN, GERMANY and BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 3, 2024 / GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq:CVAC) today announced they have restructured their existing collaboration into a new licensing agreement, allowing each company to prioritize investment and focus their respective mRNA development activities.
GSK has bought from CureVac 5CV.DE, CVAC.O the full rights to develop and manufacture vaccine candidates for influenza and COVID-19 that use messenger RNA (mRNA) technology for up to 1.05 billion euros ($1.13 billion), it said on Wednesday.
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GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK) shares fell 6% after US authorities recommended restrictions on doses of any respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine. Pfizer and Moderna, which also make RSV vaccines, fell 2% and 11% in New York overnight.