Vanda buys J&J’s multiple sclerosis drug Ponvory for $100M

Van­da Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals has paid $100 mil­lion to Acte­lion Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, a John­son & John­son com­pa­ny, for the US and Cana­da rights to mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis drug Pon­vory.

The drug, an oral se­lec­tive sphin­go­sine-1-phos­phate re­cep­tor 1 (S1P1R) mod­u­la­tor, was ap­proved in 2021 for adults with re­laps­ing forms of mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis af­ter show­ing su­pe­ri­or ef­fi­ca­cy to stan­dard of care Auba­gio (ter­i­fluno­mide).

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