MGI Pharma Hexalen
Executive Summary
MGI Pharma will begin promoting second-line ovarian cancer chemotherapy Hexalen (altretamine) by early May using a 42-person sales force following its purchase of the product from MedImmune. Hexalen has had annual sales of $1.8 mil.-$2 mil. for the past few years, MGI Pharma indicated, and has not been actively promoted since late 1998. MGI Pharma will pay MedImmune $7.2 mil. plus royalties for 10 years. MGI Pharma may seek a supplemental indication for increased 2-year survival rate in women who received the drug during remission