With the additional $20 million cash payment announced today, Emergent has provided a total of $65 million in cash contributions to fund Aptevo’s operations as a newly-launched oncology and hematology-focused company with a broad pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical assets and a proprietary bispecific technology platform, ADAPTIR, focused on the development of immuno-oncology therapeutics.
Marvin L. White, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “The achievement of this final payment from Emergent marks another important milestone in Aptevo’s progress.
With the generous funding provided by Emergent, and a strong portfolio of revenue-generating commercial assets, Aptevo is solidly positioned to achieve our near-term goals.
"Specifically, these include: capturing increased market share for our newly-launched Hemophilia B therapeutic, IXINITY; generating additional data from our two clinical-stage programs, otlertuzumab and MOR209/ES414; and rapidly advancing new ADAPTIR immuno-oncology candidates into clinical development.”