UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2013
VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34186 | 03-0491827 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 300E Washington, DC | 20037 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (202) 734-3400
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On April 25, 2013, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Vanda”) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated License, Development and Commercialization Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2004, as amended, by and between Vanda and BMS (as amended by the Amendment, the “Agreement”) relating to certain compounds, including tasimelteon, which Vanda is currently developing for the treatment of Non-24-Hour Disorder.
Under the Agreement, Vanda must enter into a development and commercialization agreement with a third party for tasimelteon by the earliest of: (i) the date mutually agreed upon by both parties following the provision by Vanda to BMS of a full written report of the Phase III clinical studies on which Vanda intends to rely for filing for marketing authorization for tasimelteon in its first major market country (such report, being referred to as the “Phase III report”); (ii) the date of the acceptance by a regulatory authority of the filing by Vanda for marketing authorization for tasimelteon in a major market country following the provision by Vanda to BMS of the Phase III report; or (iii) December 31, 2013. If Vanda has not entered into such an agreement with respect to certain major market countries by this deadline, then BMS will have the option to develop and commercialize tasimelteon itself in those countries not covered by a development and commercialization agreement on certain pre-determined terms (the “BMS Option”).
Under the Amendment, the parties added to the Agreement a process that would allow BMS, prior to such deadline, to waive such right to develop and commercialize tasimelteon in those countries not covered by a development and commercialization agreement, by providing Vanda with written notice that it does not wish to develop and commercialize tasimelteon itself in those countries.
On April 25, 2013, subsequent to the execution of the Amendment, BMS provided Vanda with formal written notice that it irrevocably waived the BMS Option to exercise the right to reacquire any or all rights to any Product (as defined in the Agreement) containing tasimelteon, or to develop or commercialize any such product, in the countries not covered by a development and commercialization agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.50 hereto and is hereby incorporated into this report by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit | Description | |
| 10.50 | Amendment to Amended and Restated License, Development and Commercialization Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2013. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ JAMES P. KELLY | |||
| Name: | James P. Kelly | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer | |||
Dated: April 29, 2013