New 8-K filed
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 24, 2014, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Vanda” or the “Company”) and Patheon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Patheon”) entered into a Manufacturing Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the manufacture of commercial supplies of HETLIOZTM 20 mg capsules (tasimelteon capsules) at Patheon’s Cincinnati, Ohio manufacturing site. Under the Agreement, the Company is responsible for supplying the active pharmaceutical ingredient for HETLIOZTM to Patheon and has agreed to certain minimum yearly order requirements. Patheon is responsible for manufacturing the HETLIOZTM 20 mg capsules, conducting quality control and stability testing, and packaging the HETLIOZTM capsules.
The Agreement has an initial term of five years and will automatically renew after the initial term for successive terms of one year each, unless either party gives notice of its intention to terminate the Agreement at least twelve months prior to the end of the then current term. Either party may terminate the Agreement under certain circumstances upon specified written notice to the other party.
The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which will be filed with the exhibits to Vanda’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2014.
