Article: Medivir, GSK Agree To EUR86M Deal For Phase I HIV Candidate.

BioWorld International Correspondent

Medivir AB last week entered its largest drug development deal to date, a pact worth up to C86 million with GlaxoSmithKline plc to develop its HIV drug MIV-210. The news sent the Huddinge, Sweden-based company's share price soaring by almost 50 percent during trading on the Stockholm Stock Exchange last week.

"We have managed to close a deal with yet another key player in the HIV area, GlaxoSmithKline, and I am delighted," CEO and President Lars Adlersson told a conference call audience. Medivir will receive an up-front payment of C6 million, plus milestones worth up to C80 million should MIV-210, a nucleoside ...

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