Poseida Therapeutics Enters Strategic Collaboration and License Agreement With Roche

San Diego – August 5, 2022 – Cooley advised Poseida Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, on its strategic collaboration and license agreement with Roche. Lawyers Ken Krisko, Marya Postner, Bin Wang, Hajra Nashin and Brendan Haberle led the Cooley team advising Poseida. 

The agreement will leverage Poseida’s novel approach to cell therapy and Roche’s expertise in developing and commercializing therapies to transform cancer care, and is focused on advancing multiple existing and additional next-generation allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T programs directed toward hematologic malignancies.

Under the agreement, Poseida will receive $110 million upfront on the effective date – and may receive up to $110 million in near-term milestones and other payments.

Additionally, Poseida is eligible to receive research, development, launch, and net sales milestones and other payments totaling up to $6 billion in aggregate value.

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