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Astellas sells DPP-4 patent estate to Royalty Pharma

July 1, 2011 1:21 AM UTC

Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503) sold its dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) patent estate and royalty stream to Royalty Pharma (New York, N.Y.) for $609 million. The IP covering the use of DPP-4 inhibit...