YAFO Acts as Financial Advisor to Sinotau Pharmaceutical in its Out-Licensing Transaction with Duality Biologics

Sinotau Licenses Rights to Duality of selected monoclonal antibody for specific tumor target that could be further developed into a Best-in-Class ADC drug.
Transaction Overview
•Sinotau Licenses Rights to Duality of selected monoclonal antibody for specific tumor target that could be further developed into a Best-in-Class ADC drug.
•先通医药将自主研发的用于特定肿瘤靶点的优选单克隆抗体向映恩生物授权许可。映恩负责该ADC候选分子的临床前研究、临床开发、临床注册、生产和商业化;先通将为后续研究活动提供必要的支持和指导。
•Under the terms of the agreement, Sinotau will receive an upfront payment and is eligible to receive regulatory and sales milestone payments, as well as royalty payments based on the sales.
•先通将获得映恩支付的首付款、里程碑付款以及基于销售额的特许权使用费。
•YAFO Capital (Shanghai) acted as financial advisors on this transaction for Sinotau Therapeutics.
•雅法资本担任先通医药卖方顾问。
SHANGHAI, SUZHOU, BEIJING China, Recently (Sinotau announcement) -- Sinotau Pharmaceutical (“Sinotau”), a pharmaceutical company focused on deploying a variety of targeted therapy and accurate diagnosis radiopharmaceutical, entered into a license agreement with Duality Biologics (“Duality”) which grants Duality the right of selected monoclonal antibody for specific tumor target. Duality will further develop it into a Best-in-class ADC drug based on the Duality Immune Toxin Antibody Conjugate (DITAC) technology platform.
(中国上海,苏州,北京)2021年12月27日,先通医药(“先通”)与映恩生物(“映恩”)达成战略合作签约。根据双方协议,先通将自主研发的用于特定肿瘤靶点的优选单克隆抗体向映恩授予许可,映恩基于许可并结合其全球独立知识产权的DITAC(Duality Immune Toxin Antibody Conjugate)技术平台,将快速开发出具有同类最优潜力(Best-in-Class)的抗体偶联药物(ADC),进一步助推ADC药物的相关申报进程;先通将获得映恩支付的首付款、里程碑付款以及基于销售额的特许权使用费。
Under the terms of the agreement, Sinotau will receive an upfront payment and is eligible to receive regulatory and sales milestone payments, as well as royalty payments based on the sales.
The target ADC drug has successfully finished the Product of Conception (POC). Duality will be responsible for the pre-clinical research, clinical development, registration, manufacturing and commercialization of the ADC molecule, while Sinotau will provide necessary support for the following research.
先通和映恩始终保持战略共赢的合作方式,本协议签订前,该ADC候选药物概念验证研究(POC)已经取得成功。协议签订后,双方将继续秉持快速研发优质ADC的共同目标,由映恩继续负责该ADC候选分子的临床前研究、临床开发、临床注册、生产和商业化;先通将继续密切关注该分子的相关后续研究活动并提供必要的支持和指导。
About Sinotau Pharmaceutical
Founded in 2005, Sinotau has been focusing on the research and clinical academic promotion of radiopharmaceuticals. It is intensively engaged in cultivating the integrated product line of radioactive targeted diagnosis and treatment. The company has developed a number of targeted therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. At present, the company has four diagnostic drugs and two therapeutic drugs in the clinical trial stage. In October 2021, it completes $50 million D+ round of financing with focus on radiopharmaceutical R&D.
先通医药是专注新一代放射性药物研发、生产及临床应用的创新型医药企业,深耕放射性靶向诊疗一体化领域,拥有包括但不限于放射偶联药物(RDC)在内的丰沛产品线。先通医药持续建立了对放射性药物研发的相应壁垒,并已逐渐完善放射化学、生物、CMC,供应链和临床转化等各类复合技术平台。目前公司管线已布局多个放射性诊断和治疗产品,陆续进入中、美注册临床研究阶段,包括至少10个以上新药,2022年开始产品相继上市。
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YAFO Life Sciences (YLS) is the healthcare division of YAFO Capital, which is focused on helping leading U.S. and European biopharma and MedTech companies to successfully enter the Asian market, especially in China and Japan. YLS also helps domestic pharma companies in global market research, targeting, and negotiation. Along with our local partners, YLS is dedicated to bridging the gap between global medical technologies and the Asian market. For more information regarding YAFO, go to: www.yafocapital.com
雅法全球医疗(YAFO Life Sciences)是雅法资本旗下的医疗大健康部门。专注于帮助具有“中国角度”的海外医药企业在中国的授权、战略合作及融资;以及为中国创新药企业提供海外市场授权机会、海外市场咨询、寻找和引进海外标的服务。我们致力于成为全球医疗技术对接中国市场与资本的桥梁。目前海外有超过三十位资深合伙人,深度覆盖美国、欧洲、日本、韩国等全球医疗创新区域。
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