BioArctic outlicenses its alpha-synuclein antibody portfolio for Parkinson’s Disease to AbbVie after receiving clearance
Stockholm, Sweden, December 14, 2018 – BioArctic AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOA B) announced today that BioArctic and its partner AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) have received U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) clearance to license BioArctic’s alpha-synuclein antibody portfolio for Parkinson’s disease and other potential indications to AbbVie. On November 2, 2018, BioArctic announced that the company had received a Notice of Option Exercise under the Research, Development, Option and License Agreement dated as of September 15, 2016 between AbbVie and BioArctic. The exercise of the option was