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Vir Bio amends GSK deal: regains full rights to vaccine program, narrows antibody program
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
- Amendments remove CoV Vaccine Program from collaboration; Vir retains rights to progress independently.
- CoV Antibody Program narrowed to only sotrovimab and VIR-7832; all other antibodies revert to Vir.
- Vir pays tiered royalties in low single digits on vaccine sales, low-to-mid single digits on terminated antibodies.
- Amendments effective March 31, 2022 (vaccine wind-down) and February 8, 2023 (antibody scope reduction).
- GSK retains 50:50 profit share on sotrovimab and VIR-7832 under original DCA terms.