Medivation's (MDVN) Talazoparib Acquisition is 'Good Use of Cash' - Maxim (BMRN)

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Medivation (MDVN), BioMarin (BMRN) Enter Asset Purchase Agreement Covering Talazoparib

August 24, 2015 7:01 AM EDT

Medivation (NASDAQ: MDVN) and BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) announced that they have entered into an asset purchase agreement under which Medivation will acquire all worldwide rights to talazoparib (formerly referred to as BMN 673), a highly-potent, orally-available poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor currently in a Phase 3 study for the treatment of patients with deleterious germline BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 mutations and locally advanced and/or metastatic breast cancer. Under the agreement, Medivation will be responsible for all research, development, regulatory and commercialization activities for all indications on a global... More