Nuvo licenses topical pain product from Paladin
Nuvo will issue to Paladin 961,538 common shares having a value of $125,000 for the right to commercialize this topical pain product. As part of the transaction, Paladin may receive an additional payment of $250,000 upon achievement of a regulatory milestone and will have rights to market, distribute and sell the product in Canada, South America, Central America and South Africa. Nuvo will receive royalties on Paladin sales and will have exclusive rights to exploit the licensed formulation in all other territories, including the United States.
Paladin has also invested $1,000,000 in return for 7,692,307 Nuvo common shares and 769,230 warrants (representing 10% of the number of common shares issued) by way of a private placement. Each warrant entitles Paladin to acquire one Nuvo common share during the three year period following the closing at a price of $0.169. The value of the common shares issued to Paladin is based on Nuvo's weighted average trading price on the TSX for the five day trading period ending May 20, 2008. The proceeds of the private placement will be used by Nuvo for general corporate purposes, including expenses relating to development of the licensed product.
"We are pleased to expand both our relationship with Paladin and our topical analgesic drug pipeline," said John London, Nuvo's Vice Chairman. "Paladin's investment further strengthens our financial position as we continue to develop our early stage pipeline and move toward our resubmission of Pennsaid for US approval in early 2009."
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