Hanmi will receive $75m upfront and may earn up to $1.185bn in milestone payments for development and approvals.

Hanmi will continue its global Phase II trial in SBS while Lilly will further clinical development using available data. Credit: Premreuthai / Shutterstock.com.

Eli Lilly and Company has entered a licensing agreement worth up to $1.26bn with Hanmi Pharm to develop, manufacture and commercialise Hanmi’s biologic drug candidate, sonefpeglutide (a LAPS GLP-2 analogue), worldwide excluding Korea.

The agreement covers Hanmi’s candidate that uses its LAPSCOVERY long-acting platform technology. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs

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