Article: Transition Therapeutics In Potential $200M Elan Deal.

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In an uncommonly structured deal, Elan Corp. plc is backfilling its troubled pipeline with a Phase I drug candidate for Alzheimer's disease, paying Transition Therapeutics Inc. as much as $200 million - $15 million of that amount promised in the next two years - for the small-molecule AZD-103.

Toronto-based Transition's stock (TSX:TTH) rose C6 cents Wednesday to close at C75 cents (US67 cents).

The joint development and commercialization arrangement gives Transition $7.5 million this year and the same amount in 2007, with the possibility for up to $185 million in milestone payments.

Dublin, Ireland-based Elan and ...

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