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Collaboration Agreement
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Collaboration Agreement [Abstract]  
Collaboration Agreement
Collaboration Agreement

AstraZeneca/MedImmune

In June 2018, the Company entered into a clinical collaboration with AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, to evaluate in Phase 1/2 studies the safety and efficacy of combining AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi® (durvalumab), a human monoclonal antibody directed against PD-L1, with sacituzumab govitecan as a treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer (“TNBC”) and urothelial cancer ("UC"), which was broadened in October 2018 to include second-line metastatic non-small cell lung cancer ("NSCLC").

Part one of the two-part Phase 1/2 studies will be co-funded by the two companies. Immunomedics will supply the study drug and AstraZeneca will utilize its existing clinical trial infrastructure to accelerate the enrollment of the sacituzumab govitecan and durvalumab combination. The trial design allows for rapid transition into randomized Phase 2 studies should the first part of these studies show promising data and the companies agree to proceed based on efficacy and safety results obtained. The Company did not incur costs associated with the clinical collaboration during the Transition Period.

The collaboration terminates thirty days following the expiration of the study periods end-date. Either party may terminate the collaboration earlier by providing thirty days' written notice.