Otsuka Pharmaceutical Acquires Mindset Pharma

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., through its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Otsuka America, Inc., agreed to acquire Mindset Pharma Inc. in an all-cash statutory plan of arrangement valued at approximately CAD 80 million. The acquisition adds Mindset’s next-generation psychedelic and non-psychedelic drug discovery assets and synthesis capabilities to Otsuka’s psychiatry and neurology pipeline.