Licensing PARP Inhibitor A Win For BioMarin, Medivation

BioMarin’s licensing of the PARP inhibitor talazoparib to Medivation in August reduces BioMarin’s development expenses and helps it to meet its stated goal of being non-GAAP earnings positive in 2017. Medivation gets another compound it can develop in key oncology indications it is already pursuing with its core product, the prostate cancer drug Xtandi.