Vectura - Not pausing for breath

Building on its positive adjusted H118 EBITDA and its partnerships, Vectura has announced three recent additional developments. Partner Mundipharma received a positive EU opinion for flutiform (46% of H118 revenues) for the treatment of asthma in children, expanding its market from adults and adolescents. The agreement with Hikma to develop generic versions of GSK’s Ellipta brings upfront and milestone payments and ensures Vectura’s participation in the global respiratory disease market irrespective of whether generic or branded products predominate in each market. The failure of VR475 in severe uncontrolled asthma reflects more the difficulty for a non-biologic product to treat these patients.