Windtree Receives Offer for Its Preclinical Oncology Drug Candidate
June 11 2025 - 9:00AM
Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (“Windtree” or the “Company”)
(NasdaqCM: WINT), a diversified company focused on revenue
generation in multiple growing industries, announced that it has
received a non-binding letter of intent to purchase its preclinical
oncology aPKCi inhibitor platform for $7.0 million dollars up front
in cash or freely tradable stock and up to $130 million in
milestone payments and high, single digit royalties up to $1.5
billion.
The agreement also includes options with additional
consideration to acquire the Company’s cardiovascular clinical and
preclinical stage drug candidates and its agreement to act as the
manufacturing agent for Evofem Biosciences® for its FDA approved
product. As part of the agreement, the Company has 21 days to close
the oncology aPKCi portion of the transaction.
“Windtree is executing our refined new corporate strategy to
pursue opportunities in growing industries to become a revenue
generating company. This offer may provide the company non-dilutive
cash and potential for a very lucrative milestone and royalty
stream,” said Jed Latkin, Chief Executive Officer of Windtree. “We
do not view the preclinical oncology aPKCi assets as a core part of
our vision going forward but want to make sure that our current
shareholders benefit from the development of the assets.
Furthermore, we are very intently looking at all options to
increase shareholder value by reducing the current cashflow burn
and focusing on near term accretive opportunities.”
About Windtree Therapeutics, Inc.Windtree
Therapeutics, Inc. is a diversified company focused on becoming a
revenue generating company in a multitude of growing industries to
drive toward overall profitability.
Forward Looking StatementsThis press release
contains statements related to a potential sale of the Company’s
preclinical oncology aPKCi inhibitor platform. 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 completion of the sale of the Company’s
preclinical oncology aPKCi inhibitor platform; 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 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
economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and 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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