Genmab Completes Acquisition of ProfoundBio
May 21 2024 - 11:06AM
Genmab Completes Acquisition of ProfoundBio
Company Announcement
- Genmab has completed acquisition of ProfoundBio for USD
1.8 billion in cash
- Acquisition gives Genmab worldwide rights to three
candidates in clinical development, including rinatabart sesutecan
(Rina-S), plus ProfoundBio’s novel antibody-drug conjugate
technology platforms
COPENHAGEN, Denmark; May 21, 2024 –
Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) announced today
that it has completed its acquisition of ProfoundBio, Inc., a
clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation
antibody-drug conjugates (ADC)s and ADC technologies for the
treatment of cancers in an all-cash transaction of USD 1.8 billion
(subject to adjustment for ProfoundBio’s closing net debt and
transaction expenses).
With the completion of this strategic transaction, we are
excited to welcome our new colleagues and their expertise in
developing next-generation antibody-drug conjugates to our
exceptionally talented R&D team,” said Jan van de Winkel,
Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Genmab. “We look
forward to unlocking new opportunities as we strengthen our
oncology portfolio and continue to work towards our goal of
transforming the lives of patients with innovative antibody
medicines.”
The acquisition gives Genmab worldwide rights to ProfoundBio’s
portfolio of next-generation ADCs, further broadening and
strengthening its clinical pipeline. These programs include Rina-S,
a potential best-in-class, clinical-stage, FRα-targeted, Topo1 ADC,
currently in part 2 of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, for the
treatment of ovarian cancer and other FRα-expressing solid tumors.
The addition of Rina-S to Genmab’s portfolio enables Genmab to
deepen its presence in the gynecologic oncology space and establish
a firm foundation in solid tumors. Based on the data from the
ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial, which also indicates that Rina-S
has the potential to address a broader patient population than
first-generation FRα-targeted ADCs, Genmab intends to broaden the
development plans for Rina-S within ovarian cancer and other
FRα-expressing solid tumors. In January 2024, the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) granted Fast Track designation to
Rina-S for the treatment of patients with FRα-expressing high-grade
serous or endometrioid platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
In addition, the transaction provides Genmab with access to
ProfoundBio’s novel ADC technology platforms, which complement
Genmab’s already validated suite of proprietary technology
platforms. The combination of the companies’ technology platforms
could create new opportunities to generate and develop new
medicines with the potential to transform the treatment of cancer
and improve patients’ lives.
As previously disclosed in Company Announcement No. 26,
following the closing of this acquisition, Genmab’s operating
expenses, before expenses incurred by it in connection with the
transaction, are anticipated to be at or moderately above the upper
end of the previously disclosed guidance range of DKK 12.4 -13.4
billion. The anticipated increase reflects the incremental R&D
investment to support the advancement of ProfoundBio’s clinical
programs, primarily Rina-S. Genmab’s revenue guidance is unchanged
and expected to be in the previously disclosed guidance range of
DKK 18.7 – 20.5 billion. Genmab expects to update its guidance no
later than in connection with its second quarter 2024 earnings.
About GenmabGenmab is an international
biotechnology company with a core purpose of guiding its
unstoppable team to strive toward improving the lives of patients
with innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For 25
years, its passionate, innovative and collaborative team has
invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and
leveraged translational, quantitative and data sciences, resulting
in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers,
antibody-drug conjugates, next-generation immune checkpoint
modulators and effector function-enhanced antibodies. By 2030,
Genmab’s vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and
other serious diseases with knock-your-socks-off (KYSO®) antibody
medicines.
Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen,
Denmark, with international presence across North America, Europe
and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit Genmab.com and
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X.Contact: Marisol
Peron, Senior Vice President, Global Communications & Corporate
AffairsT: +1 609 524 0065; E: mmp@genmab.com
Andrew Carlsen, Vice President, Head of Investor RelationsT: +45
3377 9558; E: acn@genmab.com This Company Announcement contains
forward looking statements. The words “believe,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “intend” and “plan” and similar expressions identify
forward looking statements. Actual results or performance may
differ materially from any future results or performance expressed
or implied by such statements. The important factors that could
cause our actual results or performance to differ materially
include, among others, risks associated with preclinical and
clinical development of products, uncertainties related to the
outcome and conduct of clinical trials including unforeseen safety
issues, uncertainties related to product manufacturing, the lack of
market acceptance of our products, our inability to manage growth,
the competitive environment in relation to our business area and
markets, our inability to attract and retain suitably qualified
personnel, the unenforceability or lack of protection of our
patents and proprietary rights, our relationships with affiliated
entities, changes and developments in technology which may render
our products or technologies obsolete, and other factors. For a
further discussion of these risks, please refer to the risk
management sections in Genmab’s most recent financial reports,
which are available on www.genmab.com and the risk factors included
in Genmab’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and other
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
which are available at www.sec.gov. Genmab does not undertake any
obligation to update or revise forward looking statements in this
Company Announcement nor to confirm such statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances after the date made or in
relation to actual results, unless required by law. Genmab A/S
and/or its subsidiaries own the following trademarks: Genmab®; the
Y-shaped Genmab logo®; Genmab in combination with the Y-shaped
Genmab logo®; HuMax®; DuoBody®; HexaBody®; DuoHexaBody®, HexElect®
and KYSO®.
Company Announcement no. 38 CVR no. 2102 3884 LEI Code
529900MTJPDPE4MHJ122
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