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DewDiligence

08/30/10 9:17 PM

#102976 RE: jbog #102975

jbog, please read #msg-53349063, as I already suggested. If you don’t understand it, keep reading it until you do.
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DewDiligence

08/30/10 9:23 PM

#102977 RE: jbog #102975

Originally, back in 2003 Momenta stated that NVS was to pay 100% of the development costs, but for some reason it must have been modified.

There was no modification to the agreement. NVS fronted 100% of the money for Lovenox development, as required by the 2003 agreement, and is entitled to recoup that money from the Lovenox net profits. The actual 2003 agreement (with numbers redacted) has been posted on this board, so there is no need to speculate about what it says.
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jq1234

08/30/10 9:38 PM

#102984 RE: jbog #102975

Ask yourself why Sandoz was even brought into the agreement.



This is the most ridiculous comment you made among others. Do MNTA have manufacturing and marketing capability if they were to go alone?
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dewophile

08/31/10 7:58 AM

#103022 RE: jbog #102975

jbog my take from DD's response was that 100% of MNTA's development expense was reimbursed and now after approval sandoz is due 100% of their development, evening things up so to speak. this of course assumes that the relative cost of development was about equal, and the 50-70M figure does not include MNTA's expense line. i haven't read the flurry of posts last night and perhaps my interpretation is way off. regardless i did note that the 50-70M refers to the lovenox process and legal fees, not inventory build - which is usually expensed as R&D until approval. so i assume total R&D to be substantially higher if you include 30% COG of about 200M worth of inventory (5M units shipped)

all of that aside if you want to just use the 40M/6 weeks as a projection i get 109M in annual profits pro forma to MNTA using your 30% COG and 45% share of profits. discount that however you want for risk of other generic entrants, but that # is sure to grow as manufacturing capacity increases and since this is a hospital product to a large degree pricing contracts to be finalized

why ask myself why sandoz was brought into the agreement - i think that is obvious - manufacturing, commercial infrastructure, and near term funding. as yourself why MNTA was brought into the agreement