Cidara Therapeutics and Mundipharma Form Strategic Partnership to Develop and Commercialize Rezafungin
Collaboration combines strengths to develop and commercialize life-saving antifungal treatment and prophylaxis, an area of high unmet medical need
Mundipharma acquires exclusive rights to develop and commercialize rezafungin in all markets outside of
Cidara to receive upfront payment of
Total transaction value could exceed
Cidara to host conference call today at
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The partnership agreement follows Cidara’s recent announcement of the successful completion of its STRIVE B Phase 2 trial. Under the terms of the agreement, in exchange for granting Mundipharma exclusive commercialization rights to rezafungin outside the U.S. and
“This is a transformational collaboration for Cidara, and we look forward to working closely with our colleagues at Mundipharma, a highly successful, profitable company with a commercial presence spanning 120 markets worldwide and annual sales exceeding €2 billion,” said
“By partnering with Cidara on rezafungin, we continue to serve our purpose - to move medicine forward,” said
Conference Call and Webcast
Cidara management will host a conference call and webcast at
About Invasive Fungal Infections
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) represent a serious threat to millions of patients worldwide, resulting in more than 1.5 million deaths annually and mortality rates ranging from 15 to 65 percent. These infections continue to be a global health issue, especially for critically ill patients in hospitals and patients with compromised immune systems, including cancer and transplant patients. Approximately 90 percent of IFI-related deaths are associated with Candida, Aspergillus, and Pneumocystis.
About Rezafungin
Rezafungin is a novel echinocandin antifungal and the only once-weekly drug candidate being developed for the first-line treatment and prevention of serious invasive fungal infections. Rezafungin has a unique pharmacokinetic profile with a prolonged half-life and front-loaded plasma exposure which, in contrast to all other echinocandins, allows for once-weekly IV therapy for inpatient and outpatient use.
About
Cidara is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel anti-infectives that have the potential to transform the standard of care and save or improve patients’ lives. Cidara is currently advancing its novel echinocandin antifungal, rezafungin acetate, in a Phase 3 clinical trial for the first-line treatment of candidemia and/or invasive candidiasis (ReSTORE) and plans to commence a second Phase 3 trial of once-weekly rezafungin for prophylaxis against invasive fungal infections in patients undergoing allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation (ReSPECT) initially in
About Mundipharma
Mundipharma is a global network of privately-owned independent associated companies whose purpose is to move medicine forward.
With a high performing and learning organisation that strives for innovation and commercial excellence through partnerships, we successfully transformed and diversified our portfolio of medicines to create value for patients, payers and wider healthcare systems across important therapeutic areas such as Diabetes, Respiratory, Oncology, Pain and Biosimilars.
For more information please visit: www.mundipharma.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the transformational nature and value of Cidara’s collaboration with Mundipharma, Cidara’s ability to develop new anti-infectives that are innovative or address unmet needs, including Cidara’s ability to successfully complete the ReSTORE and ReSPECT Phase 3 clinical trials, Cidara’s ability to complete development of, obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize rezafungin including Cidara’s ability to receive milestone payments for the achievement of development milestones, the potential for rezafungin to successfully treat or prevent invasive fungal infections and represent an improvement over current approaches, and the ability of Cidara’s Cloudbreak program to successfully identify and develop product candidates to prevent and/or treat viral diseases, and other diseases. Risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: the success and timing of Cidara’s clinical trials; regulatory developments in
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CIDARA - INVESTOR CONTACT:
Robert H. Uhl
Westwicke Partners, LLC
Managing Director
(858) 356-5932
robert.uhl@westwicke.com
CIDARA - MEDIA CONTACT:
Andrea Cohen
Sam Brown Inc.
(917) 209-7163
andreacohen@sambrown.com
MUNDIPHARMA - MEDIA CONTACTS:
Helen Laurence
Makara Health Communications Limited
+44 (0) 23 81 247 327
helen@makarahealth.com
Patrice Grand
Mundipharma
+44 (0) 1223 397 890
patrice.grand@mundipharma.com