Zogenix to Acquire Modis Therapeutics for its MT1621
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- Modi to receive $250M up front including $175M in cash & $75M in Zogenix’s common stock- ~$150M as regulatory milestone comprising $100M on the US FDA’s approval and $50M on EMA’s approval of MT1621 with 5% royalty on sales of MT1621. The transaction is expected to close in Sept’2019
- The focus of the acquisition is to advance Zogenix’s strategy to become a leader in rare disease portfolio with the addition of Modi’s MT1621 to the Zogenix’s pipeline of late-stage FINTEPLA programs
- Modi’s MT1621 is an investigational deoxynucleoside combination therapy targeting the physiology of Thymidine Kinase 2 deficiency- being evaluated in P-II RETRO study assessing MT1621 in 28 patients with TK2d for 7yrs with results demonstrated treatment benefits in patients
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