March 29 (Reuters) - Sanofi SASY.PA :
* PRESS RELEASE: SANOFI AND IGM BIOSCIENCES ANNOUNCE
COLLABORATION
AGREEMENT FOR ONCOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION TARGETS
* AND IGM BIOSCIENCES ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION AGREEMENT FOR
ONCOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION TARGETS
* IGM TO RECEIVE $150 MILLION UPFRONT PAYMENTS, POTENTIALLY
OVER
$6 BILLION IN AGGREGATE DEVELOPMENT, REGULATORY AND COMMERCIAL
MILESTONES
* /IGM: COLLABORATION TO CREATE, DEVELOP, MANUFACTURE AND
COMMERCIALIZE NEW CLASS OF POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS COMBINING
SUPERIOR FEATURES OF MULTI-VALENT IGM ANTIBODIES OVER
CONVENTIONAL IGG ANTIBODIES FOR STIMULATING CELL SURFACE
RECEPTORS
* SANOFI HAS ALSO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN PURCHASING UP TO
$100M
OF IGM NON-VOTING COMMON STOCK IN A PUBLIC FINANCING.
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(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
((sudip.kargupta@thomsonreuters.com;))