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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum Neovasc Inc. NVCN

Neovasc Inc is a specialty medical device company. It develops, manufactures and markets products for the rapidly growing cardiovascular marketplace. Its products the Neovasc Reducer (Reducer), for the treatment of refractory angina, which is not currently commercially available in the United States and has been commercially available in Europe since 2015, and the Tiara, for the transcatheter... see more

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Neovasc Inc. > News-Neovasc Announces Collaboration and Licensing Agreement
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Post by Stonehouse97 on Aug 03, 2018 6:47pm

News-Neovasc Announces Collaboration and Licensing Agreement

Great news!

VANCOUVER
Aug. 3, 2018 /CNW/ - Neovasc Inc. ("Neovasc" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NVCN) (TSX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement relating to certain know-how developed by Penn Medicine and the Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group at the University of Pennsylvania (together, "Penn"). This Agreement resolves certain potential claims against the Company that were described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and management's discussion and analysis for Q1. This agreement does not impact either Penn or Neovasc's patent rights.

Tiara™ ("Tiara") is Neovasc's minimally invasive transcatheter device for patients who experience severe mitral regurgitation ("MR"). There are millions of patients worldwide who suffer from severe MR, a significant percentage of whom are not good candidates for conventional surgical repair or replacement. Tiara is implanted in the heart using a minimally invasive, transapical transcatheter approach without the need for open-heart surgery or use of a cardiac bypass machine.

This collaboration and licensing agreement contemplates a period of collaboration over the next four years with fees being paid by Neovasc to Penn. Following the first commercial sale of the Tiara, Neovasc will pay a stepped royalty on Tiara revenues. These royalty obligations continue after the four-year collaboration period has ended. Also contained in the collaboration and licensing agreement are buy-out clauses that allow Neovasc, or an acquirer of Neovasc or the Tiara assets, to buy-out these royalty obligations. For further details, please see the Material Change Report filed by the Company on SEDAR and furnished to the SEC on EDGAR under Form 6-K.

"This agreement helps to safeguard our efforts to further develop and commercialize the Tiara. We are pleased to have resolved this matter in a manner that allows Neovasc to advance the Tiara program development in the near term, while providing an option to either Neovasc or an acquirer of Neovasc to buy-out these future royalty obligations," commented Fred Colen, Neovasc's Chief Executive Officer.



https://web.tmxmoney.com/article.php?newsid=5479036229879375&qm_symbol=NVCN
Comment by imatryin on Aug 03, 2018 7:11pm
Proof positive the company doesn't want the stock price to go up.  They issue a press release for something positive on Friday after market close, and the Friday of a long weekend in Canada.
Comment by Stonehouse97 on Aug 03, 2018 9:42pm
What's their end game by releasing news after market close?
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