Pharmaceutical Business review

OccuLogix sells Solx subsidiary

Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the acquirer assumed all costs and liabilities of Solx as of December 1, 2007, in addition to a $5 million payment obligation owed by OccuLogix to the former shareholders of Solx, due on September 1, 2008.

In addition, the purchase agreement provides that OccuLogix will receive a royalty of 3% of revenues generated by world-wide sales of the Solx 790 Laser and the Solx Gold Shunt, until such time as Solx becomes cash-flow positive from its operations, and a royalty of 5% thereafter. Both the Solx 790 Laser and the Solx Gold Shunt have CE approval in Europe and are currently the subject of two randomized, multi-center studies in the US.