PFE-BHVN correction—#msg-168806558 mistakenly says that shareholders of “both companies” will receive 0.5 shares of a newly formed (as yet unnamed) company that will retain BHVN’s non-migraine, early-stage pipeline. In fact, only BHVN shareholders will receive shares of this new company. PFE itself (a 3% owner of BHVN prior to the buyout deal) will get shares of this newly formed company, but PFE’s shareholders will not.
This trial was a calculated gamble by LLY to slow down the commercial uptake of PFE’s Nurtec, which has been outselling Emgality despite Nurtec’s coming to market later.
p.s. Between Nurtec and Zavzpret, PFE forecasts peak annual migraine sales of $6B (#msg-171411588).