MannKind Partners for Pulmonary Hypertension; $MNKD up ~100%
Here is a brief preview of this blast: Yesterday, MannKind announced a partnership with United Therapeutics for dry powder delivery of treprostinil (pulmonary hypertension) and another non-disclosed R&D project. MannKind will receive $45M in an upfront payment and is eligible for up to $50M in additional milestones as well as “low double-digit” royalties” for the tresprostinil development and commercialization. Since the partnership announcement, $MNKD is up ~100% (+89% on Sept 4 and an additional +10% in Sept 5 pre-market trading shown below). Interestingly, the news came 21 years after treprostinil first became available through the MiniMed 407c, a pump created in part by Al Mann.