Horizon (HZNP) and Halozyme Ink Deal for ENHANZE Technology
Horizon Therapeutics plc HZNP and Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. HALO entered into a collaboration and license agreement that gives the former exclusive access to the latter’s ENHANZE drug delivery technology for subcutaneous (SC) formulation of medicines targeting IGF-1R.
Shares of Horizon have surged 93.5% year to date while the industry did not show any movement.
Horizon plans to use ENHANZE to develop an SC formulation of its lead drug, Tepezza (teprotumumab-trbw), which is indicated for the treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease, which is a serious, progressive and vision-threatening rare autoimmune disease. The company wishes to provide greater flexibility to patients and physicians and thus, wants to bring out an SC version of Tepezza.
Per the agreement, Horizon will make an upfront payment of $30 million to Halozyme and will have to make potential future payments of up to $160 million in aggregate. The future payments will be,subject to achievement of specified development, regulatory and sales-based milestones. Halozyme will also be entitled to receive mid-single-digit royalties on sales of commercialized medicines using the ENHANZE technology.
This is Horizon’s tenth collaboration and license agreement for the ENHANZE technology.
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Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
Horizon currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Some better-ranked stocks in the healthcare sector include ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Ltd. ASLN and Abeona Therapeutics Inc. ABEO,both carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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