{"title":"GSK’s Stiefel Laboratories Acquires Welichem Biotech’s Mid-Stage Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis Drug","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/pdr.v2012i6.1749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/pdr.v2012i6.1749","url":null,"abstract":"GlaxoSmithKline’s Stiefel Laboratories has agreed to acquire worldwide development and commercialisation rights to Welichem Biotech’s WBI-1001, a topical anti-inflammatory agent in Phase II development for psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. Welichem will receive an initial payment of CAD$35 M (US$34 M) and is also eligible to receive additional payments contingent upon clinical development and commercial accomplishments related to WBI-1001. The deal will initially exclude rights to the drug in China, Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80347697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upsher-Smith to Take Over CNS Partner Proximagen","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1761","url":null,"abstract":"Upsher-Smith Laboratories has agreed to acquire the 84% of its CNS partner Proximagen that it does not already own in a deal worth up to £356.8 M (US$554 M). For each Proximagen share, Upsher-Smith will pay £3.20, which represents a 16% premium over Proximagen’s closing price prior to the announcement of the transaction. The deal also includes contingent value rights relating to the success of two Proximagen compounds: the Phase I vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP1) inhibitor for rheumatoid arthritis and PRX00933, which has completed Phase II development for the treatment of obesity","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73165720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GSK Strengthens its Dermatology Business with Acquisition of Basilea’s Toctino®","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1757","url":null,"abstract":"In exchange for £146 M (US$226 M) upfront, GlaxoSmithKline’s Stiefel Laboratories has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to Basilea Pharmaceutica’s chronic hand eczema drug Toctino® (oral alitretinoin), which is marketed in 14 countries and reported sales of CHF31 M (US$35 M) in 2011. Basilea is also entitled to receive up to an additional £50 M (US$77 M) upon US FDA approval as well as double-digit royalties beginning 3 years after launch. Basilea will use the cash proceeds from the transaction to advance its pipeline of anti-infective and oncology drugs.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"141 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76782906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Baxter Pursues Haemophilia B Gene Therapy with Chatham Therapeutics Collaboration","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1754","url":null,"abstract":"Baxter International has entered into an exclusive global development and commercialisation agreement with Chatham Therapeutics, an affiliate of Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, for potential treatments for haemophilia B using Chatham’s Biological Nano Particles™ gene therapy technology. Baxter has paid US$25 M upfront to advance Chatham’s haemophilia B programme through early clinical trials and has global marketing and commercialisation rights to resulting therapies.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86340530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genmab’s DuoBody™ Technology Gains Validation with Novartis Collaboration","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I6.1753","url":null,"abstract":"Genmab has formed a bispecific antibody collaboration with Novartis that is potentially worth up to US$175 M plus research funding and royalties. In return for US$2 M upfront, Genmab will create panels of bispecific antibodies to two undisclosed disease target combinations selected by Novartis using its DuoBody™ technology. The deal is the latest in a string of partnerships focused on the development of next-generation antibody therapeutics.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78550964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Galapagos Lands US$1.35 B Deal with Abbott for Phase II JAK Inhibitor","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I3.1693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I3.1693","url":null,"abstract":"Abbott has gained rights to Galapagos’ rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug candidate GLPG0634 as part of a collaboration worth as much as US$1.35 B. Galapagos will receive US$150 M upfront and US$200 M upon successful completion of Phase II trials for RA, at which point Abbott will license the drug and assume sole responsibility for clinical development and global manufacturing. The deal ranks as the largest to date for a single Phase II asset and provides Abbott with a potential oral successor to Humira® (adalimumab).","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76821270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Actelion Gains Rights to Auxilium’s Xiaflex® in Canada, Australia, Brazil and Mexico","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I3.1692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I3.1692","url":null,"abstract":"Actelion Pharmaceuticals has gained the rights to develop and commercialise Auxilium Pharmaceuticals’ Xiaflex® (collagenase clostridium histolyticum), a first-in-class biologic for Dupuytren’s contracture (DC) and Peyronie’s disease (PD), in Canada, Australia, Brazil and Mexico in a deal worth up to US$68.5 M. The drug has already received regulatory approval in the US and Europe for DC and has been accepted for review for this indication in Canada. Auxilium will continue to assume primary responsibility for the drug’s ongoing Phase III development programme for PD, data from which are expected late in the second half of 2012.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87872083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Expands its Pipeline Beyond Linaclotide with Bionomics Deal","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I2.1675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I2.1675","url":null,"abstract":"In order to expand its pipeline beyond the late-stage gastrointestinal drug linaclotide, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has licensed exclusive global rights to develop and commercialise Bionomics’ Phase I anti‐anxiety compound BNC210 and other related compounds. The deal is worth up to US$345 M, including US$3 M upfront and US$10 M in near-term research funding and milestone payments, as well as royalties on sales of resulting products.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79918669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prestige Brands Agrees to Buy GSK’s Non-Core North American OTC Brands","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/pdr.v2012i1.1646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/pdr.v2012i1.1646","url":null,"abstract":"In order to focus on its priority brands and emerging markets, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to divest 17 of its non-core consumer brands in the US and Canada to Prestige Brands for £426 M (US$661 M) in cash. The sale of the OTC brands will generate net proceeds of approximately £242 M (US$375 M), which will be returned to GSK’s shareholders during 2012. The transaction is expected to complete in the first half of 2012, subject to regulatory approvals.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85663898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Merck & Co. Licenses Exelixis’ PI3K-Delta R&D Programme","authors":"Heather Cartwright","doi":"10.3833/PDR.V2012I1.1649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3833/PDR.V2012I1.1649","url":null,"abstract":"In a potential US$251 M deal, Exelixis has granted Merck & Co. worldwide rights to its preclinical PI3K-delta R&D programme, including XL499, the programme’s lead compound that has potential in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, allergic asthma and haematological malignancies. Merck will be solely responsible for the research, development and commercialisation of compounds originating from the programme. The agreement will provide Exelixis with resources to continue the development of its most advanced compound, cabozantinib, which is in Phase III development for medullary thyroid cancer.","PeriodicalId":19951,"journal":{"name":"Pharmadeals Review","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79854638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}