Roche pens $2.5B pact for Hanmi’s clinical-stage obesity drug targeting less-explored mechanism
📍 Where it landed
Roche secured an exclusive licensing agreement with Hanmi for its clinical‑stage, muscle‑sparing obesity therapy in a deal valued at up to $2.5 billion, and Hanmi’s shares jumped sharply after the announcement. The transaction was noted alongside a broader surge in Korean biotech licensing activity that approached a $12 billion near‑record level.
No further coverage followed, leaving the downstream progress of the partnership unreported.
Epilogue added 38d ago, after coverage quieted.
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