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Pfizer to Acquire Biohaven Pharmaceuticals for $11.6 Billion

To commercialize NURTEC ODT for the prevention and acute treatment of migraine.

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Pfizer and Biohaven Pharmaceuticals have entered into an agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Biohaven, the maker of NURTEC ODT, a dual-acting migraine therapy approved for both acute treatment and episodic prevention of migraine in adults. Pfizer will pay approximately $11.6 billion to make the acquisition, which includes Biohaven’s calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) programs including: • Rimegepant—approved in the U.S. under the trade name, NURTEC ODT, for both the acute treatme...

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