Dyax (DYAX) Signs License and Collaboration Agreement with Cubist (CBST)

April 24, 2008 7:25 AM EDT

Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ: DYAX) and Cubist Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CBST) have signed an exclusive license and collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of the intravenous formulation of DX-88 for the prevention of blood loss during surgery in North America and Europe.\

Dyax will receive a $15 million upfront payment, an additional $2.5 million milestone payment in 2008 and is eligible to receive up to an additional $214 million in clinical, regulatory and sales-based milestone payments. Dyax is also entitled to receive tiered, double-digit royalties based on sales of DX-88 by Cubist. The agreement provides an option for Dyax to retain certain US co-promotion rights. Going forward, Cubist will be responsible for costs associated with the ongoing DX-88 on-pump cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) Phase 2 trial, known as Kalahari 1, as well as all further development costs associated with DX-88 in the licensed indications in the Cubist territory.

Dyax retains exclusive rights to DX-88 in all other indications, including its hereditary angioedema program, currently in its second Phase 3 trial, as well as for the manufacturing of DX-88. Dyax also plans to develop DX-88 in other angioedemas.[SM]


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