VIVUS Licenses Stendra Rights To Metuchen Pharmaceuticals
Zacks Investment Research | Oct 04, 2016 05:34AM ET
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) announced an agreement with Metuchen Pharmaceuticals LLC, granting the latter a fully paid perpetual license for exclusive rights to commercialize Stendra (avanafil) in the U.S., Canada, South America and India.
The licensing deal saw VIVUS receive $70 million from Metuchen. Metuchen will be responsible for royalties based on net sales due to Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. We note that VIVUS had licensed Stendra from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.
Concurrent to the license agreement, the companies also inked a commercial supply agreement. Per this agreement, VIVUS will be responsible for the manufacture and supply of Stendra to Metuchen through a mutually agreed period. Metuchen, on the other hand, will have the option to undertake the manufacturing and supply rights to Stendra in its territories.
We remind investors that VIVUS regained the U.S. and Canadian commercial rights to Stendra from Endo International plc (NASDAQ:ENDP) on Sep 30.
We note that Stendra is approved in both the U.S. and the EU for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. It is marketed under the trade name Spedra in the EU.
Apart from Metuchen, VIVUS has also collaborated with quite a few companies for the commercialization of the product. The company has also inked a deal with Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) for Stendra in Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, and the Commonwealth of Independent States including Russia.
We are positive on the latest deal. These agreements generate steady cash flow for VIVUS in the form of upfront and milestone payments.
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