Windtree Announces Strategic Transaction to Drive Revenue Generation in Support of Ongoing Therapeutic Pipeline Development
May 01 2025 - 8:30AM
Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (“Windtree” or the “Company”)
(NasdaqCM: WINT), a biotechnology company focused on becoming a
revenue generating company and advancing early and late-stage
innovative therapies for critical conditions and diseases, is
pleased to announce that it has entered an Assignment and
Conditional Assumption Agreement with a seasoned real estate
investment group pursuant to which it has gained the rights to
purchase a 436 unit, multifamily residential property in Houston,
Texas. The property is expected to contribute consistent rental
revenue to the Company while it continues to develop its
therapeutic pipeline. The planned acquisition would be effectuated
through a separate wholly owned subsidiary division of the Company
with the anticipated addition of certain new management. The
acquisition is expected to be funded primarily from non-recourse
secured mortgage financing, with the balance of the purchase price
coming from proceeds of the issuance of preferred stock. The
Company’s obligation to purchase the property is contingent upon
the satisfactory completion of standard property due diligence and
finalization of acceptable terms of the financing. The initial
planned closing date is May 23, 2025, however, the Company has the
option to extend the closing date for two periods of no greater
than thirty days each.
The Company’s new corporate strategy seeks to acquire assets
that contribute revenue including the acquisition of small biotech
companies with FDA approved products. Windtree will continue to
develop its pipeline of unique drug candidates in the
cardiovascular and oncology disease spaces.
“Windtree is expected to become a revenue generating company and
these additional assets are intended to diversity and stabilize the
Company,” said Jed Latkin, Chief Executive Officer of Windtree. “By
identifying opportunities to bring in stable revenue, we believe
the Company can reduce its need for capital that could be dilutive
to the stock price. We are actively looking at multiple acquisition
candidates that could provide near term revenue and profits. We
will continue in our mission to help patients in need with our
existing unique drug candidates in cardiogenic shock, heart failure
and cancer. We believe that this new approach will allow the
Company to grow and limit future stockholder dilution.”
About Windtree Therapeutics, Inc.Windtree
Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on becoming a
revenue generating biotech and advancing early and late-stage
innovative therapies for critical conditions and diseases.
Windtree’s portfolio of product candidates includes istaroxime, a
Phase 2 candidate with SERCA2a activating properties for acute
heart failure and associated cardiogenic shock, preclinical SERCA2a
activators for heart failure and preclinical precision aPKCi
inhibitors that are being developed for potential in rare and broad
oncology applications. Windtree also has a licensing business model
with partnership out-licenses currently in place.
Forward Looking StatementsThis press release
contains statements related to the acquisition of the real estate
property discussed above; rental revenue if such property is
acquired; potential clinical effects of istaroxime; the potential
benefits and safety of istaroxime; the clinical development of
istaroxime; and our research and development program for treating
patients in early cardiogenic shock due to heart failure. Such
statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning
of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
Company may, in some cases, use terms such as “predicts,”
“believes,” “potential,” “proposed,” “continue,” “estimates,”
“anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “could,”
“might,” “will,” “should” or other words that convey uncertainty of
future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking
statements. Such statements are based on information available to
the Company as of the date of this press release and are subject to
numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause
actual events or results to differ materially from the Company’s
current expectations. Examples of such risks and uncertainties
include, among other things: the Company could lose its deposit on
the real estate property discussed above; the Company may fail to
acquire such real estate property; the Company’s ability to acquire
revenue generating subsidiaries; the market’s reaction to potential
acquisitions by the Company; the Company’s ability to secure
significant additional capital as and when needed; the Company’s
ability to achieve the intended benefits of the aPKCi asset
acquisition with Varian Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.; the Company’s
risks and uncertainties associated with the success and advancement
of the clinical development programs for istaroxime and the
Company’s other product candidates, including preclinical oncology
candidates; the Company’s ability to access the debt or equity
markets; the Company’s ability to manage costs and execute on its
operational and budget plans; the results, cost and timing of the
Company’s clinical development programs, including any delays to
such clinical trials relating to enrollment or site initiation;
risks related to technology transfers to contract manufacturers and
manufacturing development activities; delays encountered by the
Company, contract manufacturers or suppliers in manufacturing drug
products, drug substances, and other materials on a timely basis
and in sufficient amounts; risks relating to rigorous regulatory
requirements, including that: (i) the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration or other regulatory authorities may not agree with
the Company on matters raised during regulatory reviews, may
require significant additional activities, or may not accept or may
withhold or delay consideration of applications, or may not approve
or may limit approval of the Company’s product candidates, and (ii)
changes in the national or international political and regulatory
environment may make it more difficult to gain regulatory approvals
and risks related to the Company’s efforts to maintain and protect
the patents and licenses related to its product candidates; risks
that the Company may never realize the value of its intangible
assets and have to incur future impairment charges; risks related
to the size and growth potential of the markets for the Company’s
product candidates, and the Company’s ability to service those
markets; the Company’s ability to develop sales and marketing
capabilities, whether alone or with potential future collaborators;
the rate and degree of market acceptance of the Company’s product
candidates, if approved; the impacts of political unrest, including
as a result of geopolitical tension, including the conflict between
Russia and Ukraine, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic
of China (Taiwan), and the evolving events in the Middle East, and
any sanctions, export controls or other restrictive actions that
may be imposed by the United States and/or other countries which
could have an adverse impact on the Company’s operations, including
through disruption in supply chain or access to potential
international clinical trial sites, and through disruption,
instability and volatility in the global markets, which could have
an adverse impact on the Company’s ability to access the capital
markets. These and other risks are described in the Company’s
periodic reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K,
filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
and available at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements that
the Company makes in this press release speak only as of the date
of this press release. The Company assumes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, after the date of this press
release.
Contact Information:Eric
Curtisecurtis@windtreetx.com
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