Takeda Secures Global Rights from Ovid Therapeutics to Develop and Commercialize Soticlestat for the Treatment of Children and Adults with Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.
Ovid eligible to receive up to 856M in payments, including a 196M upfront payment, regulatory and commercial milestone payments and tiered double-digit royalties on product sales
− Original 2017 collaboration between Ovid and Takeda to conclude; Ovid will have no further development or milestone obligations.
In addition, Ovid will receive tiered royalties beginning in the low double-digits and up to 20 percent on sales of soticlestat, if approved and commercialized.
Takeda intends to initiate Phase 3 studies of soticlestat in children and young adults with DS and LGS in calendar year Q2 2021.