-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GCWpdYRkWDo0GeBgjRNF2F5BYkj0M7aHnwU4oDRnWKvEFxr3PlBYHPwQ87Og4zdw qEGExzgLeVaPL5PKUbMaBA== 0001157523-10-005691.txt : 20101001 0001157523-10-005691.hdr.sgml : 20101001 20101001124843 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-10-005691 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100928 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20101001 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DYAX CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000907562 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731] IRS NUMBER: 043053198 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24537 FILM NUMBER: 101101509 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE KENDALL SQ BLDG 600 5TH FL CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE KENDALL SQ BLDG 600 STREET 2: 5TH FL CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIOTAGE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951117 8-K 1 a6451678.htm DYAX CORP. 8-K

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):  September 28, 2010


DYAX CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

000-24537

04-3053198

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

300 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


(617) 225-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01.     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 28, 2010, Dyax Corp. (“Dyax”) and CMIC Co. Ltd., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan (“CMIC”) entered into a Product Development and License Agreement (the “Agreement”) under which CMIC will develop and commercialize subcutaneous DX-88 (ecallantide) for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) and other angioedema indications in Japan.  Dyax retains its rights to subcutaneous DX-88 in the U.S., where DX-88 has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is marketed as KALBITOR® (ecallantide) for the treatment of acute attacks of HAE in patients 16 years of age and older.

Under the terms of the Agreement, Dyax will receive $4 million upfront and up to $102 million in future development and sales milestones for DX-88 in HAE and other angioedema indications.  CMIC is solely responsible for all costs associated with development, regulatory activities, and commercialization of DX-88 for all angioedema indications in Japan.  CMIC will purchase the drug product from Dyax on a cost-plus basis for clinical and commercial supply.  Additionally, Dyax is eligible to receive royalties of twenty percent (20%) to twenty-four percent (24%) on net product sales.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

DYAX CORP.

 

 

Dated:

October 1, 2010 By:

/s/ Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch

Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch

Executive Vice President Corporate Development

and General Counsel

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