Article: Merck KGaA acquires manufacturing rights for Stimuvax from Oncothyreon.

SEATTLE, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oncothyreon Inc. (TSX:ONY) announced today that Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany has licensed the right to manufacture Stimuvax(R) and, through its affiliate EMD Serono Canada Inc., purchased current inventory and certain assets utilized for the manufacture of Stimuvax from Oncothyreon for consideration which includes net payments to Oncothyreon totaling approximately US $13 million. Merck KGaA currently holds the clinical development and commercialization rights for Stimuvax under license from Oncothyreon. Stimuvax is a therapeutic vaccine in Phase 3 clinical development for non-small cell lung cancer.

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