plans to invest $50m in Poseida Therapeutics to acquire exclusive negotiation and first refusal rights for licencing P-MUC1C-ALLO1 in solid tumours.
Of the total investment, $25m would be part of a one-time payment and the other half is to be spent buying about 8.8% of Poseida鈥檚 common stock (approximately eight million shares valued at $3 each) in a private placement, as per the 7 August .
The news led to an elevated level of trading activity for Poseida鈥檚 stock and a rise of about 32.5% in the stock price when the market opened on 7 August, compared to the market close on the previous working day.
P-MUC1C-ALLO1 is an allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy that targets cancer-specific forms of Mucin 1 protein (MUC1-C). It is currently under investigation in an open-label multicentre Phase I clinical trial (NCT05239143) treating multiple epithelial-derived solid tumour indications.
Poseida has a strategic licencing agreement with Roche, which is valued at up to $6bn. The deal grants exclusive rights to multiple CAR-T cell therapies targeting haematological conditions that are part of Poseida鈥檚 portfolio.
CAR-T cell therapies have been identified as the fastest-growing therapy area in oncology by GlobalData, with their value reaching $25bn by 2028. Multiple pharma companies like have signed licencing agreements for these CAR-T cell therapies.
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