Biohaven Relaunches As Biohaven Ltd. After Pfizer Buyout Closes

 
• By Joseph Haas
  
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As signaled when Pfizer acquired Biohaven’s Nurtec and CGRP assets, Biohaven will continue under a modified name, with a focus on epilepsy, obsessive compulsive disorder and spinal muscular atrophy.

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Relaunched Biohaven focuses on epilepsy, OCD and SMA • Source: Shutterstock

A day after Pfizer Inc. closed its acquisition of Biohaven, a new Biohaven has emerged. Biohaven Ltd. launched on 4 October as the company to spin out of Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. upon the closing of Pfizer’s $11.6bn acquisition of the original Biohaven for its migraine and CGRP inhibitor portfolio. CEO Vlad Coric reviewed the new Biohaven – which has an initial focus on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) via the troubled glutamate modulator troriluzole, a Kv7 ion channel modulator initially targeting epilepsy and with $258m in cash – in an interview with Scrip.

When Pfizer’s acquisition was announced in May, Biohaven made clear that it intended to write a second chapter as an...

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