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What Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. told the SEC could break it.

Vanda's register is a story of concentration. On the demand side, four channel customers — specialty pharmacies, distributors and wholesalers — each topped 10% of revenue in 2025 and together made up 76%, while the underlying sales come from just a few mature products (Fanapt, HETLIOZ, PONVORY) exposed to generic competition and payor reimbursement. On the supply side it leans on single-source suppliers for critical raw materials and on third-party contract manufacturers, so losing one — or the slow, FDA-gated work of qualifying a replacement — could delay trials or commercialization; growth, meanwhile, hinges on FDA decisions (including an unresolved jet-lag application) and is pressured by U.S. drug-pricing reforms like the Medicare Part D redesign.

4 self-disclosed vulnerabilities, pulled from its own filings — each in the company’s words, with the source. This is the risk register almost nobody reads.

In its own words

What could break it.

Customer concentration

  • four customers each >10% of total revenue, together 76% of 2025 revenue (specialty pharmacies/distributors/wholesalers)high

    Vanda's revenue is concentrated in a limited number of specialty pharmacies, specialty distributors and wholesalers — four major customers each accounted for more than 10% of total revenues in 2025 and together represented 76% of total revenues; loss of, or reduced purchasing by, any of these channel customers would materially disrupt revenue. (Customers not named in the filing, so recorded as concentration risk rather than named edges.)

    There were four major customers that each accounted for more than 10% of total revenues for 2025 and, as a group, represented 76% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2025.

    SEC filing →As of 2026

Sole-source dependency

  • single-source suppliers of critical raw materials and reliance on third-party contract manufacturers for product manufacturehigh

    Vanda depends on single-source suppliers for critical raw materials and product-administration components, and relies on third parties for manufacturing (contract manufacturers), sales, distribution, medical affairs and clinical research; loss of a single-source supplier — or the lengthy, FDA-CMC-gated process of qualifying a new one — could delay clinical trials or prevent/delay commercialization.

    The Company depends on single source suppliers for critical raw materials for manufacturing, as well as other components required for the administration of its products. The loss of these suppliers could delay the clinical trials or prevent or delay commercialization of the products.

    SEC filing →As of 2026

Other disclosures

  • revenue concentrated in a few mature products exposed to generic competition and payor reimbursement/coveragemedium

    Vanda's near-term product revenue depends on a small set of products (Fanapt, HETLIOZ, PONVORY) and on its ability to defend their patents from generic competition and to obtain adequate coverage and reimbursement from government and private payors; generic entry or reimbursement cuts on any key product would materially reduce revenue.

    Our ability to generate significant product revenue from sales of our commercial products both in the U.S. and abroad, in the near term will depend on, among other things, our ability to: defend our patents and intellectual property from generic competition; properly price and obtain adequate coverage and reimbursement of these products by go

    SEC filing →As of 2026

Regulatory & policy

  • FDA approval dependence (jet-lag sNDA complete-response/hearing) and drug-pricing reform (Medicare Part D redesign, uncapped Medicaid rebates)medium

    Vanda's growth depends on FDA decisions — including an unresolved jet-lag sNDA that drew a complete-response/hearing process — and even approved products face U.S. drug-pricing pressure: the company warns revenues may decline significantly due to the Medicare Part D benefit redesign, and the American Rescue Plan's removal of the Medicaid drug-rebate cap (effective 2024) further pressures pricing.

    Revenues may decline in future periods, potentially significantly, as a result of the Medicare Part D program benefit redesign.

    SEC filing →As of 2026

The hidden graph

Who it depends on, and who depends on it.

Relationships surfaced from filings — including ones disclosed by the other side, which is how the non-obvious ones come to light.

Its suppliers

  • AnaptysBio (Anaptys)

    we made an upfront payment of $10.0 million to Anaptys and an additional $5.0 million for drug supply. Anaptys is eligible to receive future payments based upon achievement of specified regulatory approval and commercialization milestones as well as a 10% royalty on global net sales.

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  • AnaptysBio, Inc.

    Pursuant to the terms of the Vanda License Agreement, we received an upfront payment of $ 10.0 million for the license and a $ 5.0 million payment for existing drug supply.

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  • Sanofi S.A.

    We are also obligated to pay Sanofi a fixed royalty on Fanapt ® net sales equal up to 6% on Sanofi know-how not related to manufacturing under certain conditions

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  • Novartis Pharma AG

    Pursuant to the terms of a settlement agreement with Novartis, Novartis transferred all U.S. and Canadian rights in the Fanapt ® franchise to us on December 31, 2014.

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  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)

    We have paid BMS $37.5 million in upfront fees and milestone obligations. We have no remaining milestone obligations to BMS. Additionally, we are obligated to make royalty payments on HETLIOZ ® net sales to BMS.

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