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After Investing, GSK to Buy Out Celiac Drug Developer Sitari Pharma

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GlaxoSmithKline is acquiring a startup it helped launch in 2013 as part of an alliance with life sciences venture capital firm Avalon Ventures. Avalon said Tuesday that GSK (NYSE: GSK ) has agreed to buy the company, Sitari Pharmaceuticals, which has been developing a treatment for celiac disease.

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Takeda Bases PvP Biologics Buyout on Promising Early Celiac Drug Data

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Takeda (NYSE: TAK ) acquired the company for an undisclosed amount up front, plus up to $330 million in payments based on development and regulatory milestones for PvP’s experimental celiac disease drug KUMA062 (now TAK-062). That day is here. The deal follows completion of a Phase 1 study evaluating the PvP drug.