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SymBio Pharmaceuticals - Licence agreement for IONSYS terminated

The licence agreement between SymBio and The Medicines Company (MDCO) for the exclusive rights to develop the IONSYS (SyB P-1501) pain patch in Japan has terminated effective 30 November. SymBio is seeking damages of at least $82m (¥9bn) arising from MDCO’s repudiation of the licence agreement. The termination is in line with our expectations after MDCO voluntarily withdrew IONSYS from sale in the US market in June; any compensation payments received from MDCO would represent upside to our forecasts and valuation. Our forecasts and valuation ($174m) are unchanged, as we have already removed all future costs and revenues for SyB P-1501 from our financial model.
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Symbio Pharmaceuticals

Symbio Pharmaceuticals is a specialty biopharmaceutical company based in Japan. Co. specializes in the development and commercialization of drug candidates in oncology, hematology and autoimmunity areas. Co. has built pipelines (a group of newly developed drugs) with several pharmaceuticals, as well as, newly developed drugs in these disease areas. Co.'s product pipeline includes SyB L-0501(treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma); SyB L-1101/SyB C-1101, a multi-kinase inhibitor for the treatment of refractory/relapse myelodysplastic syndromes and solid tumor indications; and SyB D-0701, an antiemetic transdermal patch.

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Dr Dennis Hulme

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