EU migraine drug approval triggers multimillion-dollar bill for Lundbeck

When Lundbeck’s migraine treatment Vyepti was approved by the EU earlier this year, it passed a milestone – for Lundbeck itself, but also for investors in the drug’s original developer, who were now owed a total of USD 230m.
Photo: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by mikkel aabenhus hemmingsen, translated by daniel pedersen

More than two years after Lundbeck bought migraine drug Vyepti alongside the company behind it, Alder Biopharmaceuticals, which was publicly listed in the US before the acquisition, former investors can look forward to receiving the last bit of money they were promised.

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