Day One Biopharmaceuticals secured a research and licensing deal with Sprint Bioscience in a bid to build out its cancer-fighting arsenal.
The Bay Area biotech is paying $3 million upfront for the global rights of one of Sprint’s cancer programs known as VADA, which is designed to target the protein known as vaccinia-related kinase 1 or VRK1, which is prevalent in kidney, liver and pancreatic cancer.
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