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Organon's First Move Post Spinout Is A Licensing Deal With ObsEva In Preterm Labor

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Ogranon will pay $25m upfront for worldwide commercialization rights to ebopiprant for acute preterm labor, which currently has no approved treatments in the US.

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Organon partnered with ObsEva in women's health • Source: Alamy

Organon is making good on its promise to investors that it will build out its women's health portfolio. The company announced its first licensing deal on 27 July, in its second month after spinning out from Merck & Co. Organon bought worldwide licensing rights to ebopiprant for acute preterm labor in a deal with Swiss women's health specialist ObsEva SA.

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