Takeda Takes Back Dravet, Lennox-Gastaut Candidate From Ovid
Executive Summary
Revising the two companies’ 2017 epilepsy collaboration, Takeda will take over Phase III development and commercialization of soticlestat. Ovid gets $196m up front, and it can shift focus.
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