Daré Bioscience Secures $22 Million in Non-Dilutive Strategic Royalty Financing to Advance Phase 3 First-in-Category Women’s Health Product Candidates through Key Catalysts
Daré Bioscience secured $22 million in non-dilutive strategic royalty financing to advance Phase 3 first-in-category women’s health product candidates through key catalysts. The transaction with XOMA provides significant capital for Daré to focus on advancing Ovaprene® and Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%. This accelerates potential cash flows and shareholder value, showcasing the company's commitment to delivering value for all stakeholders.
Secured $22 million in non-dilutive strategic royalty financing to advance Phase 3 first-in-category women’s health product candidates.
Transaction with XOMA provides significant capital to focus on advancing Ovaprene® and Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%.
Accelerates potential cash flows and shareholder value through key catalysts.
Commitment to being creative, collaborative, and opportunistic in seeking capital at an attractive cost.
Synthetic royalty rates on net sales of Ovaprene and Sildenafil Cream will automatically decrease to 2.5% and 1.25%, respectively, after XOMA achieves a pre-specified total return on its investment.
The structure of the agreements may impact future economics and margins for Daré Bioscience.
Upon achieving a pre-specified return threshold, XOMA will make upside-sharing milestone payments to Daré representing
Transaction allows Daré to focus on advancing Phase 3 first-in-category investigational products Ovaprene®, a potential first FDA-approved hormone-free intravaginal monthly contraceptive, and Sildenafil Cream,
Previously announced royalty financing remains outstanding, bringing royalty-based capital committed to
SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Daré Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: DARE), a leader in women’s health innovation, today announced it has closed a royalty monetization transaction with XOMA (US) LLC. Daré received
“This monetization of future net royalty and net milestone payments based on net sales of XACIATO™ (clindamycin phosphate) vaginal gel
“Importantly, this transaction ensures that Daré and our shareholders have the opportunity to participate meaningfully in XACIATO economics as commercialization progresses. The structure of these agreements also underscores the significant potential of Ovaprene and Sildenafil Cream, with Daré retaining the significant majority of future economics and the ability to achieve attractive margins through retained net sales and all commercial milestones. This transaction exemplifies our commitment to being creative, collaborative and opportunistic in seeking capital at an attractive cost to advance our potential first-in-category Phase 3 candidates to deliver value for all Daré stakeholders.”
The transaction involves the sale of (a) the remaining royalties and potential milestones based on net sales of XACIATO payable to Daré under its global license agreement with Organon after deducting (i) all amounts due on such royalties and milestone payments to third-party licensors, and (ii) all payments owed by Daré under its existing royalty interest financing agreement with United in Endeavour, LLC, (b)
TD Cowen, a division of TD Securities, acted as exclusive financial advisor to Daré Bioscience on the transaction. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. served as Daré’s legal advisor while XOMA was advised by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Additional information regarding the transaction is available in Daré’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.
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About Daré Bioscience
Daré Bioscience is a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing innovative products for women’s health. The company’s mission is to identify, develop and bring to market a diverse portfolio of differentiated therapies that prioritize women's health and well-being, expand treatment options, and improve outcomes, primarily in the areas of contraception, vaginal health, reproductive health, menopause, sexual health and fertility.
The first FDA-approved product to emerge from Daré’s portfolio of women’s health product candidates is XACIATO™ (clindamycin phosphate) vaginal gel
Daré Bioscience leadership has been named on the Medicine Maker’s Power List and Endpoints News’ Women in Biopharma 2022. In 2023, Daré's CEO was honored as one of Fierce Pharma’s Most Influential People in Biopharma for Daré’s contributions to innovation and advocacy in the women’s health space. Daré Bioscience placed #1 in the Small Company category of the San Diego Business Journal’s 2023 Best Places to Work Awards.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Daré cautions you that all statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, in some cases, can be identified by terms such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “would,” “contemplate,” “project,” “target,” “objective,” or the negative version of these words and similar expressions. In this press release, forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Daré’s use of proceeds from its transaction with XOMA, potential ongoing milestone payments from XOMA, the potential for lower effective synthetic royalty rates on net sales of Ovaprene and Sildenafil Cream, Daré’s expectation that proceeds from the transaction will provide sufficient capital to advance Ovaprene and Sildenafil Cream through key catalysts, the continued advancement of Ovaprene and Sildenafil Cream, the potential market opportunity for Ovaprene and Sildenafil Cream, if approved, and Daré’s ability to deliver value for all Daré stakeholders. In addition, as used in this press release, the description of a product candidate as “first-in-category” is a forward-looking statement relating to the potential of the candidate to represent a new category of product if it were to receive marketing approval for the indication for which Daré is developing it. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Daré’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to: Daré’s ability to raise additional capital when and as needed to advance its product candidates, execute its business strategy and continue as a going concern; Daré’s ability to develop, obtain FDA or foreign regulatory approval for, and commercialize its product candidates and to do so on communicated timelines; failure or delay in starting, conducting and completing clinical trials of a product candidate; Daré’s ability to design and conduct successful clinical trials, to enroll a sufficient number of patients, to meet established clinical endpoints, to avoid undesirable side effects and other safety concerns, and to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy of its product candidates; Daré’s dependence on third parties to conduct clinical trials and manufacture and supply clinical trial material and commercial product; the risk that positive findings in early clinical and/or nonclinical studies of a product candidate may not be predictive of success in subsequent clinical and/or nonclinical studies of that candidate; the risk that the FDA, other regulatory authorities, members of the scientific or medical communities or investors may not accept or agree with Daré’s interpretation of or conclusions regarding data from clinical studies of its product candidates; the risk that development of a product candidate requires more clinical or nonclinical studies than Daré anticipates; the loss of, or inability to attract, key personnel; the effects of macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical events, public health emergencies, and major disruptions in government operations on Daré’s operations, financial results and condition, and ability to achieve current plans and objectives; the risk that developments by competitors make Daré’s product or product candidates less competitive or obsolete; difficulties establishing and sustaining relationships with development and/or commercial collaborators; failure of Daré’s product or product candidates, if approved, to gain market acceptance or obtain adequate coverage or reimbursement from third-party payers; Daré’s ability to retain its licensed rights to develop and commercialize a product or product candidate; Daré’s ability to satisfy the monetary obligations and other requirements in connection with its exclusive, in-license agreements covering the critical patents and related intellectual property related to its product and product candidates; Daré’s ability to adequately protect or enforce its, or its licensor’s, intellectual property rights; the lack of patent protection for the active ingredients in certain of Daré’s product candidates which could expose its products to competition from other formulations using the same active ingredients; product liability claims; governmental investigations or actions relating to Daré’s product or product candidates or the business activities of Daré, its commercial collaborators or other third parties on which Daré relies; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; cybersecurity incidents or similar events that compromise Daré’s technology systems or those of third parties on which it relies and/or significantly disrupt Daré’s business; and disputes or other developments concerning Daré’s intellectual property rights. Daré’s forward-looking statements are based upon its current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. For a detailed description of Daré’s risks and uncertainties, you are encouraged to review its documents filed with the SEC including Daré’s recent filings on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. Daré undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by law.
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FAQ
<p>What is the purpose of the $22 million secured by Daré Bioscience?</p>
The $22 million secured in non-dilutive strategic royalty financing aims to advance Phase 3 first-in-category women’s health product candidates, Ovaprene® and Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%, through key catalysts.
<p>Which company did Daré Bioscience conduct the royalty monetization transaction with?</p>
Daré Bioscience conducted the royalty monetization transaction with XOMA (US)
<p>What are the products that Daré Bioscience aims to advance with the secured capital?</p>
Daré Bioscience aims to advance Ovaprene® and Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%, which are first-in-category product candidates in women’s health.
