I. MODIFIED AGREEMENTS | |||
Biotech Co.* (Country; Symbol) |
Pharma Co. (Country) |
Change from original agreement |
Terms/Details (Date) |
Ambit Biosciences Corp.* | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Expanded kinase inhibitor discovery collaboration | BMS will make an up-front payment, and Ambit will use its KinomeScan kinase profiling platform to screen BMS's kinase-focused library; Ambit also gets rights to certain BMS preclinical and clinical compounds (10/31) |
Debiopharm Group SA* (Switzerland) | Ipsen SA (France) | Expanded agreement under which Ipsen commercializes prostate cancer drug Deca-peptyl | Ipsen licensed rights to a Phase III sustained-release formulation of Decapeptyl for a minimum of five years after the current formulations go off patent in 2010 (10/31) |
Depomed Inc. (DEPO) | Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Expanded co-promotion agreement to grant Watson the right to promote Depomed's ProQuin XR in the obstetrics/gynecology specialty market area | The agreement expands the relationship entered in July for the promotion to both urology and long-term care specialty areas in the U.S. (9/25) |
Exelixis Inc. (EXEL) | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Research collaboration to develop and commercialize drugs targeted against the liver X receptor | The companies signed the potential $317.5M LXR agonist deal in December 2005; the extension provides Exelixis additional research funding of $7.5M, and extends the collaboration timeline through Jan. 12, 2009, with BMS retaining the option to add another year (9/21) |
Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IDIX) | Novartis AG (Switzerland) | Modified agreement in which Novartis will take over all responsibility for Tyzeka | It will pay Idenix royalties (9/28) |
SGX Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SGXP) | Novartis AG (Switzerland) | Amended agreement to give SGX the right to develop and commercialize SGX393 outside of the collaboration | It is subject to a reacquisition right of Novartis; financial terms remain unchanged (9/11) |
TorreyPines Therapeutics Inc. (TPTX) | Eisai Co. Ltd. (Japan) | Extended research agreement focused on genetics of Alzheimer's disease | TorreyPines will receive an up-front payment and continued research funding; Eisai retained exclusive rights of first negotiation and refusal for gene targets discovered and validated through the research (9/25) |
II. TERMINATED AGREEMENTS | |||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALNY) | Merck & Co. Inc. | Terminated agreement that had given Merck access to Alnylam's intellectual property for current and future development programs | The decision was made due to Merck's intentions of acquiring Alnylam's RNAi rival, Sirna Therapeutics Inc. (9/19) |
Depomed Inc. (DEPO) | King Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Terminated promotion agreement for Glumetza to treat Type II diabetes | King has paid Depomed termination and other fees of about $30M and Depomed will not pay King a promotion fee for the quarter ending Dec. 31 (10/30) |
Jerini AG (Germany; BE:JI4) | Abbott Laboratories | Terminated agreement for Icatibant | Abbot is paying Jerini an undisclosed termination fee, and Jerini will pay Abbott undisclosed sales royalties for 24 months following the launch of the product in North America |
Kosan Biosciences Inc. (KOSN) | Roche Holding AG (Switzerland) | Terminated five-year collaboration to develop and commercialize epothilones | The termination was driven by Roche's reprioritization of its research and development group (10/28) |
Nektar Therapeutics Inc. (NKTR) | Pfizer Inc. | Terminated marketing agreement for Exubera | Pfizer decided to drop the product after second quarter sales reached only $4M (10/18) |
Paion AG (Germany; PK:PAIOF) | Forest Laboratories Inc. | Terminated development agreement for Paion's clot-busting stroke drug desmoteplase | Forest returned North American rights, which it had gained through a 2004 agreement; the product had missed its endpoint in a Phase III trial (8/30) |
Palatin Technologies Inc. (AMEX:PTN) | King Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Terminated development and marketing agreement on bremelanotide | King returned all rights to Palatin after the FDA raised serious concerns about the acceptable benefit-risk ratio to support the progression of the product into Phase III studies for erectile dysfunction (9/10) |
Notes: # The information in the chart does not cover agreements between biotech companies or agricultural agreements. * Private companies are indicated with an asterisk.Unless otherwise noted, stock symbols listed are on the Nasdaq market. AMEX = American Stock Exchange; BE = Berlin Stock Exchange; PK = Pink Sheets. |
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