Furiex Pharmaceuticals acquires rights to MuDelta

Furiex Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has acquired full exclusive license rights to develop and commercialize the compound MuDelta under its existing development and license agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica. Furiex acquired these rights as a result of Janssen’s decision, after an evaluation of strategic fit within its late stage portfolio, not to exercise its option under the agreement to continue development of MuDelta. Furiex will owe payments to Janssen based on Phase III trial initiation, future regulatory milestones and, if the product is approved, sales milestones and royalties.