Takeda to pay Ovid $196M for full rights to Phase 3-ready epilepsy drug March 3, 2021 Auto Bot BioPharma, biopharma nl, epilepsy, New York, ovid therapeutics, Pharma, Rare diseases, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Tokyo 0 Takeda Pharmaceutical gains full rights to a small molecule that has shown promise treating seizures in several rare forms of epilepsy. Meanwhile, Ovid Therapeutics gains cash to support its pipeline of neurological disease drug candidates.