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Alliance Combines Amgen's Oncology Targets and Kite's Leading CAR T Cell Therapy Platform to Develop new Therapeutic Candidates
Kite to Receive a $60 Million Upfront Payment From Amgen and Eligible for up to $525 Million in Regulatory and Sales Milestone Payments per Amgen Program; Plus, Tiered High Single- to Double-Digit Royalties for Sales and License of Kite's Intellectual Property for CAR T Cell Products
Amgen Eligible to Receive up to $525 Million in Milestone Payments per Kite Program; Plus, Tiered Single-Digit Sales RoyaltiesKite to Host Conference Call Today at 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Under the terms of the agreement,
"The intersection of immunology and oncology represents one of the most promising approaches to delivering significant impact for patients with cancer," said
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Alternatively, the dial-in number to access the conference call is (844) 856-8656, or from international locations dial (443) 877-4062. The conference ID number for the live call is 59012654. Telephone replay will be available approximately three hours following the call. To access the replay, please dial (855) 859-2056 (U.S.) or (404) 537-3406 (international). The conference ID number for the replay is 59012654. The telephone replay will remain available until
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Kite Pharma Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We may, in some cases, use terms such as "predicts," "believes," "potential," "proposed," "continue," "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "may," "could," "might," "will," "should" or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs, projections, outlook, analyses or current expectations concerning, among other things: our ability to research and develop new therapeutic candidates; our expectations regarding the clinical effectiveness and safety of CAR T cell therapies; our ability to manufacture and process CAR T cell
therapies; and our ability to protect our proprietary technology and enforce our intellectual property rights. Various factors may cause differences between Kite's expectations and actual results as discussed in greater detail in Kite's filings with the
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