Form 8-K Karyopharm Therapeutics For: Jun 07

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2022

 

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-36167		26-3931704
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor Newton, Massachusetts		02459
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 658-0600

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value		KPTI		Nasdaq Global Select Market

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Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 7, 2022, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) received written notice from Biogen MA Inc. (“Biogen”) that Biogen has elected to terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and Biogen dated January 24, 2018, as amended (the “Agreement”).

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company sold to Biogen rights to the Company’s oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export compound KPT-350 and certain related assets. Biogen was developing KPT-350 for use in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company received an upfront payment of $10.0 million in 2018, and was eligible to receive additional payments of up to $207.0 million based on the achievement by Biogen of future specified development and commercial milestones. The Company was also eligible to receive tiered royalty payments that reach low double-digits based on future net sales until the later of the tenth anniversary of the first commercial sale of the applicable product and the expiration of specified patent protection for the applicable product, determined on a country-by-country basis.

As a result of the termination, the Company is not entitled to receive any milestone payments or royalties under the Agreement, although the Company has specified rights relating to the purchased assets upon the termination of the Agreement, which the Company is evaluating.

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, as amended, which was filed collectively with the Securities and Exchange Commission as (i) Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on May 10, 2018 and (ii) Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on November 3, 2021, and is incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

				KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
Date: June 15, 2022				By:		/s/ Michael Mano
						Michael Mano
						Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary