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Pieris Pharma (PIRS) Receives Milestone Related to GLP Toxicity Study Initiation

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Pieris Pharmaceuticals to Receive GLP Tox Milestone Payment in Daiichi Sankyo Collaboration

October 26, 2016 8:01 AM EDT

BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/26/16 -- Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIRS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing novel biotherapeutics through its proprietary Anticalin® technology platform for cancer and other diseases, announced today the achievement of a success-based milestone payment in its R&D collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited ("Daiichi Sankyo"), headquartered in Tokyo. Specifically, the milestone was triggered by Daiichi Sankyo's decision to initiate a GLP toxicity study in non-human primates. In 2014, Pieris transferred the... More