Sosei Heptares acquires Idorsia's pharma business in Japan and beyond
The Sosei Group Corporation (TYO: 4565) has acquired Swiss biotech Idorsia’s (SIX: IDIA) pharma business in Japan and Asia Pacific, excluding China.
In those territories, the group - which goes by the brand name Sosei Heptares - picks up rights to a pipeline of medicines from Idorsia’s portfolio, with lead product Pivlaz (clazosentan) already commercially available and with fast-growing sales in Japan following a successful launch last year.
"A step change in delivering on our ambitious growth strategy"Another drug seen as having significant growth potential is daridorexant. A Japanese filing is expected next year for insomnia for a product that is marketed in the USA and Europe as Quviviq.
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