$1m Investment from Baxter
May 29 2009 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9716S
Lipoxen PLC
29 May 2009
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| For immediate release | 29 May 2009 |
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Lipoxen plc
('Lipoxen' or 'the Company')
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC MAKES US$1 MILLION EQUITY INVESTMENT IN LIPOXEN
Lipoxen plc (AIM: LPX), a bio-pharmaceutical company specialising in the
development of high-value differentiated biologicals, vaccines and siRNA
delivery, is pleased to announce today that it has received a direct investment
of US$1 million from Baxter International Inc. ('Baxter'), the global healthcare
company, that has an existing license agreement with Lipoxen.
In August 2005, Lipoxen signed an exclusive worldwide development and licence
agreement with a subsidiary of Baxter International Inc. to develop improved,
longer-acting forms of blood-clotting factors. The agreement is worth up to a
total of US$75 million in cash milestones plus royalties. The equity investment
by Baxter comes in the form of a credit against the next contingent milestone
payment.
Baxter will subscribe for 7,325,470 new ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each at a
price of 8.5 pence per share. Following completion it is expected that Baxter
will hold approximately 4.8 per cent. of the issued share capital in the
Company. Application has been made for the shares to be admitted to trading on
the London Stock Exchange's AIM market for listed securities and admission is
expected on 29 May 2009.
This US$1 million equity investment is part of a GBP2.9 million fundraising -
see separate announcement issued today.
Commenting on the announcement, M. Scott Maguire, CEO of Lipoxen, said: "Baxter
is a leading global healthcare company and is committed to improving the lives
of patients who are suffering from debilitating diseases such as haemophilia.
Baxter has been a commercial partner since August 2005, making Baxter one of
Lipoxen's longest standing partners. Baxter's investment in Lipoxen highlights
the success of our partnership to date and further endorses our innovative
technologies in the fields of biologic drugs and vaccines."
Also commenting on this announcement, David Holliday, Vice President of Global
Marketing Operations for the BioScience business at Baxter International Inc.,
said: "We are pleased to continue our important partnership with Lipoxen through
this investment as we advance our development program."
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For further information please contact:
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| Lipoxen plc | +44 (0)20 7389 5015 |
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| M. Scott Maguire, Chief Executive Officer | |
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| Singer Capital Markets (nominated adviser) | +44 (0)20 3205 7500 |
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| Jeff Keating / Claes Spång | |
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| Noble & Company | +44 (0) 20 7763 2200 |
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| John Llewellyn-Lloyd / Sam Reynolds | |
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| Buchanan Communications | +44 (0)20 7466 5000 |
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| Mary-Jane Elliott, Lisa Baderoon, Rebecca Skye | |
| Dietrich, Catherine Breen | |
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Notes for Editors
About Lipoxen
Lipoxen plc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new and
improved biologic drugs and vaccines. Lipoxen has three proprietary patented
technology platforms:
1) PolyXen - for extending the efficacy and half life of biologic drugs
2) ImuXen - for creating new vaccines and improving existing vaccines
3) SiRNAblate - for the delivery of siRNA
Lipoxen's technology is designed to improve the efficacy, safety, stability,
biological half-life and immunologic characteristics of its products.
Lipoxen has multiple drug and vaccine programmes in development. Two products
are in clinical development, SuliXen, a long acting insulin and ErepoXen, a
long-acting erythropoietin (EPO). Lipoxen's preclinical pipeline includes Factor
XIII and vaccines against HIV, influenza and malaria.
The Company has a low-risk business model and out-licenses its proprietary
technologies to biopharmaceutical companies that have strong manufacturing and
marketing capabilities. Lipoxen currently has commercial agreements with some of
the world's leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies including Baxter,
Schering-Plough, Sanofi-Aventis, the Serum Institute of India Limited,
Genentech, Amgen and Genzyme.
Lipoxen, which was founded in 1997, now trades on the AIM Market of the London
Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LPX. More information can be found at the
Company's website: www.lipoxen.com.
This announcement includes 'forward-looking statements' which include all
statements other than statements of historical facts, including, without
limitation, those regarding the Company's financial position, business strategy,
plans and objectives of management for future operations (including development
plans and objectives relating to the Company's products and services), and any
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such as the words 'targets', 'believes', 'estimates', 'expects', 'aims',
'intends', 'will', 'can', 'may', 'anticipates', 'would', 'should', 'could' or
similar expressions or the negative thereof. Such forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors
beyond the Company's control that could cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions
regarding the Company's present and future business strategies and the
environment in which the Company will operate in the future. Among the important
factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performance or
achievements to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements
include those relating to The Company's funding requirements, regulatory
approvals, clinical trials, reliance on third parties, intellectual property,
key personnel and other factors. These forward-looking statements speak only as
at the date of this announcement. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation
or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking
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expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or
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factors, readers are cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statement.
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