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Jun. 15, 2011

Alios Forms $1.5 Billion Partnership

Alios BioPharma Inc. could earn more than $1.5 billion from a collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. to develop groundbreaking treatments for hepatitis C in one of the biotechnology industry's largest-ever partnerships.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


South San Francisco-based Alios BioPharma Inc. could earn more than $1.5 billion from a collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. to develop groundbreaking treatments for hepatitis C in one of the biotechnology industry's largest-ever partnership deals.


John E. Wehrli, one of the partners from Latham & Watkins LLP who represented Alios in the transaction, said it is the largest partnersh...

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