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Biotech / Medical : Kosan BioSciences -- KOSN

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From: Icebrg12/21/2006 5:37:01 AM
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Kosan's market cap increased by about 18 mUSD yesterday after the company announced that the KOS-2187 motilin agonsit program has been licensed to Pfizer.

I am somewhat surprised by the "strong" reaction from the market's side. Maybe there was an element of pleasant surprise, that Kosan managed to license a more or less unknown program to a company like Pfizer.

Pfizer, as a company on the look-out for billion-dollar drugs, was also somewhat of a surprise partner for the program. Maybe there might be some money to be made in this area after all.

The initial payment of 12,5 mUSD Kosan will receive should be enough to cover running expenses for 4-5 months, judged by the most recent cash-burns. Not enough in itself to generate much excitement.

Erik
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