Infinity Pharma Amends Millennium Deal for PI3K-Delta, Gamma

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INFI today announced that the company amended its development and license agreement with Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) for Infinity's phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) program. Under the amended agreement, Infinity continues to retain full worldwide rights to IPI-145, a potent, oral inhibitor of PI3K-delta and PI3K-gamma, as well as worldwide rights to any future product candidates targeting PI3K-delta and/or PI3K-gamma, and Millennium remains entitled to receive success-based milestones and tiered royalties on future worldwide sales of products covered by this agreement. In exchange for Infinity's one-time payment of $15 million, Millennium waived its right to opt into a 50-50 U.S. profit and loss-sharing arrangement in the U.S. for any of Infinity's PI3K inhibitors, including IPI-145. In addition, Infinity paid Millennium the $5 million development milestone for the August 2012 initiation of the Phase 2a clinical trial of IPI-145 in patients with asthma. Terms of the Amendment to Development and License Agreement Under the terms of the amended agreement, Infinity continues to retain worldwide development and commercialization rights for its PI3K-delta,gamma program. In exchange for Infinity's one-time payment of $15 million, Millennium waived its right to opt into a 50-50 U.S. profit and loss-sharing arrangement and its right to participate in up to 30 percent of the detailing effort in the U.S. for any of Infinity's PI3K inhibitors. In addition, Infinity paid Millennium the $5 million milestone for the August 2012 initiation of the Phase 2a trial of IPI-145 in patients with asthma. For Infinity's first two distinct PI3K product candidates, Millennium is entitled to receive up to $15 million in remaining success-based development milestones and up to $450 million in success-based approval and commercial milestones, as defined in the original agreement. For all of Infinity's PI3K-delta and/or PI3K-gamma inhibitors covered under the agreement, Infinity is obligated to pay Millennium tiered royalties on worldwide net sales ranging from seven percent to 11 percent, which are the same royalty levels as those specified under the original agreement.