Jade Biosciences Licenses JADE301 Antibodies From Paragon in Deal Up to $22.0 Million
Jade Biosciences entered into a license agreement with Paragon Therapeutics on June 29, 2026, granting it exclusive worldwide rights to certain monospecific antibodies and products targeting an undisclosed target. The company must pay Paragon milestone payments of up to $22.0 million, sublicensing fees of up to approximately $20.1 million, and royalties on net sales, which shows the financial commitments tied to the program.
Key points
- Agreement dated June 29, 2026; Jade already paid a $1.5 million candidate nomination fee in January 2026.
- Milestones total up to $22.0 million, including a $2.5 million payment upon first human dosing in a Phase 1 trial.
- Royalties of low to mid-single-digit percentage on monospecific product sales and mid-single-digit on multispecific product sales.
- Paragon will not run new campaigns generating monospecific antibodies against the Target for at least five years; full text to be filed with the 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2026.
The filing
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