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Company to transfer S. pneumoniae patent portfolio to Aventis

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, February 8th, 2004

Genome Therapeutics Corp. (GENE) and Aventis (AVE) have agreed to the sale of Genome Therapeutics' pending patent applications relating to the organism Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) to Aventis Pasteur, the vaccines business of Aventis.

In exchange, Aventis Pasteur has made a $3 million cash payment to Genome Therapeutics.

"S. pneumoniae is one of the most frequent causes of respiratory tract infections today and has been shown, in many cases, to be resistant to the commonly used antibiotics. "We are committed to leveraging the technologies available to us to develop a vaccine that is effective in preventing infections...

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