Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PGNX) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01.Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 10, 2018, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Progenics”), Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (“Valeant”), Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Salix”), Wyeth LLC (“Wyeth” and, together with Progenics, Valeant and Salix, each “Plaintiff” and collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Par Sterile Products, LLC (“Par Sterile”) and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Par Pharmaceutical” and, together with Par Sterile, “Par”) entered into a Settlement and License Agreement (the “Agreement”) relating to an action for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “District Court”), Civil Action No. 17-06449-SRC-CLW, brought by Plaintiffs against Par (the “District Court Case”). In the suit, Progenics and the other Plaintiffs allege that a generic methylnaltrexone bromide injection for subcutaneous use (the “Par Products”) for which Par is seeking approval to market in the U.S. to an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) filing with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) infringes two U.S. patents owned by Progenics as well as other patents separately owned by each of the other Plaintiffs (the “Patents-In-Suit”). The following is a summary of the material terms of the Agreement.

The Agreement provides for a full settlement and release by both Plaintiffs and Par of all claims that were or could have been asserted in the District Court Case and all resulting damages or other remedies. Plaintiffs and Par have agreed to file a Stipulated Consent Judgment and Injunction within five business days after the execution of the Agreement. Plaintiffs and Par have further acknowledged and agreed that the 30-month stay imposed by the FDA in relation to the approval of Par’s ANDA for the Par Products (the “Par ANDA”) should be terminated.

In the Agreement, Par admits that each of the Patents-In-Suit is a valid and enforceable U.S. patent as applied to the Par Products and the Par ANDA and that one or more of the Patents-In-Suit would be infringed by the Par Products and the Par ANDA. In connection with the Par Products and Par ANDA, Par has further agreed not to contest the patentability, validity or enforceability of the Patents-In-Suit in the U.S. or take any action intended to adversely affect Plaintiffs’ rights in and to the Patents-In-Suit.

Under the Agreement, Plaintiffs grant Par a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited license under the Patents-In-Suit to make, import, and sell the Par Products in the U.S., or make outside the U.S. solely for importation into the U.S. (the “License”) beginning on the earliest of (i) September 30, 2030; (ii) for either of the Par Products, one hundred eighty-one (181) days after any third party who is the “First Applicant” (as defined in 21. U.S.C. § 355(j)(5)(B)(iv)(II)) markets a single-dose vial or pre-filled syringe that has been FDA approved or submitted for approval under an ANDA as a generic version of RELISTOR^® Injection for subcutaneous use (the “Generic Products”); (iii) for either of the Par Products, the date on which a non-First Applicant third party markets an authorized generic (under the RELISTOR^® New Drug Application (“NDA”) but without the RELISTOR^® trademark) single-dose vial or pre-filled syringe of methylnaltrexone bromide for subcutaneous use in the U.S.; (iv) for either of the Par Products, the date on which a third party who is not a First Applicant (or who is a First Applicant who has forfeited or otherwise waived its 180-day exclusivity) markets or is first authorized by Plaintiffs to market the Generic Products in the U.S.; (v) the date on which a final court decision is entered holding that each of the asserted claims against Par in the District Court Case from the Patents-In-Suit are invalid and/or unenforceable, or not infringed by the single-dose vial Par Product; or (vi) the date on which the Patents-In-Suit have expired, been permanently abandoned or delisted from the FDA’s Orange Book. Plaintiffs have also granted to Par a limited pre-commercialization license to manufacture and/or import the Par Products into the U.S. starting one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the effective date of the License solely to the extent reasonably necessary to enable Par to market the Par Products in the U.S. on or after the effective date of the License.

Under the Agreement, Plaintiffs agree not to (i) file any submissions with any governmental agencies that would interfere with Par’s efforts to obtain FDA approval of the Par ANDA or market the Par Products under the terms of the Agreement, or (ii) discontinue RELISTOR^® Injection prior to the expiration of the licensed patents for reasons other than safety or efficacy. Plaintiffs have also agreed to notify Par if they grant any license under the Patents-in-Suit to a non-First Applicant third party with terms more favorable than those provided to Par under the Agreement with respect to the effective date of the License and pre-commercialization rights, in which case the Agreement shall be automatically amended to include the more favorable terms. Plaintiffs have also granted Par a waiver of any regulatory exclusivities concerning RELISTOR^® Injection that may prevent approval of the Par ANDA. In addition, Plaintiffs have agreed to submit, within five business days of Par’s request, appropriate and reasonable documentation to the FDA evidencing the licenses, covenant not to sue and waivers set forth in the Agreement.

The foregoing summary of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text thereof, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

Safe Harbor

This filing contains forward-looking statements regarding the anticipated results of the settlement with Par. There are many important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in these forward-looking statements. These factors include the following: that the U.S. District Court does not approve the Stipulated Consent Judgment and Injunction or that public or private plaintiffs challenge the enforceability of the Agreement; whether or not additional third parties may seek to market generic versions of RELISTOR^® Injection by filing ANDAs with the FDA and the results of any litigation that we file to defend and/or assert our patents against such companies; the ability of our third party manufacturers to manufacture sufficient quantities of RELISTOR^® Injection in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices and other requirements of the regulatory approvals for RELISTOR^® Injection and at an acceptable cost; our ability to protect the proprietary technologies and intellectual property related to RELISTOR^® Injection and to secure and maintain additional intellectual property protection for RELISTOR^® Injection; and a variety of other risks common to our industry. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in Progenics’ recent annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in such filings, which are incorporated in this filing by this reference.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this filing, and Progenics undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS INC Exhibit
EX-10.1 2 ex_114068.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 ex_114068.htm Exhibit 10.1   EXECUTION COPY   CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AND LICENSE AGREEMENT   This Confidential Settlement And License Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) is made effective as of May 10,…
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About Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PGNX)

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is engaged in developing medicines and other products for targeting and treating cancer. The Company’s products in development include therapeutic agents designed to target cancer and imaging agents, which focuses on enabling clinicians and patients to accurately visualize and manage their diseases. The Company’s EXINI Bone BSI is an analytical tool that employs an artificial intelligence-based approach to apply techniques of statistical analysis and pattern recognition to quantify the information produced by bone scintigraphy (bone scan) images used to view cancer present in the skeleton. The EXINI Bone BSI tool reads bone scans and produces an automated Bone Scan Index quantification. The Company’s clinical-stage products include AZEDRA, 1404 (trofolastat), PyL ([18F] DCFPyL), 1095 and PSMA ADC. The Company’s partnered products include Relistor-Subcutaneous injection, Relistor-Oral Tablets and PRO 140.