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materiality 0.75
Takeda terminates HTT option; Wave Life Sciences regains full rights to WVE-003 Huntington's program
Wave Life Sciences Ltd.
- Takeda notified Wave it will not exercise option for HTT target, ending collaboration; Takeda previously paid ~$260M to Wave.
- Wave regains full rights to WVE-003 and all HTT-targeting programs, with potential $5B-$10B commercial opportunity.
- SELECT-HD clinical trial data generated significant interest from prospective partners for WVE-003.
- Wave expects regulatory feedback on accelerated approval pathway for WVE-003 by end of 2024.
- Cash runway unchanged into 2027, excluding potential GSK milestones.