Dendreon Enters into Amended Agreement with Valeant in Connection with Court-Supervised Sales Process

On February 5, 2015 Dendreon reported that it has entered into an amended agreement with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in connection with the previously announced court-supervised sales process (Press release Dendreon, FEB 5, 2015, View Source [SID:1234501485]). Under the terms of the amended agreement, subject to bankruptcy court approval, Valeant would acquire the world-wide rights of PROVENGE (sipuleucel-T) and certain other Dendreon assets for $400 million, subject to higher and better bids.

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As previously announced, the bid deadline for interested parties to submit qualified bids to participate in an auction for the Company’s assets is scheduled for February 10, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Assuming additional qualified bids are submitted, an auction would be held on February 12, 2015. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Valeant will serve as the "stalking horse" bidder in conjunction with the court-supervised auction.

The Company is operating in the ordinary course and continues to produce and deliver PROVENGE without interruption.

Ignyta Receives Orphan Drug Designation from FDA for Entrectinib for the Treatment of Molecularly Defined Subsets of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

On February 5, 2015 Ignyta reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for Ignyta’s lead product candidate entrectinib for the treatment of TrkA-positive, TrkB-positive, TrkC-positive, ROS1-positive and ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Press release Ignyta, FEB 5, 2015, View Source [SID:1234501481]).

“Entrectinib has the potential to address unmet needs of patients with rare cancers, and we will continue to aggressively pursue our clinical development program for entrectinib in solid tumors for the benefit of these patients,” said Jonathan Lim, M.D., Chairman and CEO of Ignyta. “We are pleased to receive from FDA this second orphan drug designation for non-small cell lung cancer, in addition to neuroblastoma, which can potentially provide additional avenues for creating value for our stockholders through our entrectinib clinical program.”

10-Q – Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Immunomedics has filed a 10-Q – Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)] with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Filing 10-Q , Immunomedics, FEB 4, 2015, View Source [SID1234501476]).

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10-K – Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Biogen Idec has filed a 10-K – Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405] with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Filing 10-K , Biogen Idec, FEB 4, 2015, View Source [SID1234501473]).

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10-Q – Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Array BioPharma has filed a 10-Q – Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)] with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Filing 10-Q , Array BioPharma, FEB 4, 2015, View Source [SID1234501471]).

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