• Establishes Collegium as a leader in responsible pain management
  • Broadens portfolio of meaningfully differentiated products
  • Immediately accretive, accelerates time to profitability
  • Leverages Collegium’s existing commercial infrastructure

CANTON, Mass., Jan. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Nasdaq:COLL) today announced that it has closed the transactions contemplated by its commercialization agreement (the “Agreement”) with Depomed, Inc. (“Depomed”) pursuant to which Collegium has the right to commercialize Nucynta® (tapentadol) Immediate Release and Nucynta® ER (tapentadol) Extended Release tablets in the United States.

“We are excited to add the Nucynta franchise to our product portfolio,” said Joe Ciaffoni, Collegium’s Chief Operating Officer. “We intend to fully integrate these products into our commercial organization over the first quarter of 2018.”

Commercial

  • Collegium expects to support the Nucynta franchise with its existing retail and hospital field forces.
  • High overlap with Collegium’s Xtampza ER target audience of approximately 10,000 pain specialists; 74% of Nucynta ER and 60% of Nucynta volume.

Financial

  • The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive and to significantly increase product revenue.

Transaction Details

  • Collegium has received an exclusive sublicense to commercialize Nucynta and Nucynta ER in the United States.
  • Upon closing, Collegium paid an upfront license fee of $10.0 million, as well as a cash payment equal to $6.2 million for Depomed’s cost of inventory with greater than twelve months dating.

Advisors

  • Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP and Pepper Hamilton LLP acted as legal advisors to Collegium.

About Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Collegium is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing a portfolio of products that incorporate its proprietary DETERx® technology platform for the treatment of chronic pain and other diseases. The DETERx technology platform is designed to provide extended-release delivery, unique abuse-deterrent properties, and flexible dose administration options.

About Xtampza ER

Xtampza® ER is Collegium’s first product utilizing the DETERx technology platform. Xtampza ER is an abuse-deterrent, extended-release, oral formulation of oxycodone approved by the FDA for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Contact:
Alex Dasalla 
adasalla@collegiumpharma.com

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