NPS Pharmaceuticals Re-Gains Full Worldwide Rights to Teduglutide

NPS Pharmaceuticals NPSP and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that NPS has re-gained the full worldwide rights to teduglutide (trade name in Europe: Revestive®) and recombinant human parathyroid hormone 1-84 (PTH 1-84) (trade name in Europe: Preotact®). NPS licensed the commercial rights to Preotact and Revestive in 2004 and 2007, respectively, for territories outside of North America to Nycomed, which was acquired by Takeda in 2011. Under the terms of the agreement, NPS will have worldwide rights to develop and commercialize teduglutide and PTH 1-84. Takeda will also assign to NPS its assets related to the two products, including all of its active pharmaceutical ingredient inventory See full press release