Roche adds $201M in milestones to Galapagos R&D pact

Belgium's Galapagos has agreed to expand its R&D collaboration with Roche on new COPD drugs, gaining an extra €150 million in milestones as it broadens its hunt for new drugs to treat smoker's lung. Roche is adding the new set of milestones on top of the €400 million it originally committed to back in January when the two companies formed an alliance to advance new antibodies for the condition. This new deal expands the scope of the alliance to potentially include peptides,...