Ipsen Outpaces Market With Lucrative Priority Review Voucher Deal

The going rate to buy a voucher for a faster US FDA application review is about $100m, but the France-headquartered firm received considerably more from an unnamed big pharma.

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Ipsen sold the PRV received with the approval of Sohonos. • Source: Shutterstock

Ipsen SA appears to have reset the market for US Food and Drug Administration priority review vouchers after selling its voucher to an unnamed company for $158m.

Ipsen received the voucher, which can be used to shorten the FDA review time for a new drug from 10...

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