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TRANSFORMATIVE TRANSACTIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS

Locust Walk has a proven track record of successfully closing high-value transactions.  From pioneering gene therapies to established specialty pharmaceutical products, our work encompasses a wide spectrum of innovation, therapeutic areas, modalities, and stages of development. Below are some selected engagements. Click on each case study for more details on each closed transaction.
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Collaboration + licensing agreement with Sanofi: $27.5M in upfront + preclinical milestones, $400M additional milestones + royalties

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Private financing engagement leading to $80M equity raise

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Option agreement with Takeda: $175M upfront + equity, $1.3B total deal value

Tolerance Therapeutics

Sell-Side M&A Engagement Leading to an Acquisition by Ligand for $20M in Cash

Financing process for Phase 2 Immuno-Oncology Company $45M Private Financing

Japanese Regional Transaction $20M Upfront, $80M Milestone Plus Royalties

Transaction and Corporate Development Advisor $25M Equity Investment with Option to Acquire

NewCo Formation for Thymic Regeneration and Immune Senescence Platforms

Commercial Due Diligence and Advisor for Acquisition $104M Acquisition

Financing process for novel cancer detection technology led to $21M Series A

Japan collaboration for a phase 2 orphan dermatology asset

Licensing agreement for NVK-002 with Zhaoke Ophthalmology in Greater China, South Korea and the Southeast Asian territories

IPO Advisory assignment helping raise $210M in a NASDAQ IPO

Rapid financing process led to oversubscribed crossover financing

A advisor for $340M acquisition and $60M PIPE

Sell-side engagement for Gritstone leading to a partnership with Gilead for $60M upfront and $725M in additional payments plus tiered royalties

Robust Dual-track Process to a Successful $35M Series A Financing

Chinese joint venture to facilitate indication expansion opportunity

Asset sale as part of court-ordered dissolution process

Esteve and Leitat announce strategic partnership to collaborate in research and development

$30M Series A Financing

Sell-side engagement leading to a reverse merger

Asset sale as part of court-ordered dissolution process
Sell-side engagement leading to option agreement for greater Chinese rights

Multi-Track Engagement Leading to Acquisition of Xyphos by Astellas

Rapid M&A Advisory

Exclusive global licensing agreement with SymBio Pharmaceuticals for Brincidofovir

Rapid M&A advisory

Growth capital for point-of-care diagnostic product company $20M Private Placement

Growth capital for automated, rapid microbial detection system for the healthcare product manufacturing sector

Advisor to Pernix in its acquisition of Orexigen Therapeutics for $73.5M

Led sell-side partnering process for a women’s health infectious disease POC diagnostic

Advised on commercial potential of elobixibat in Japan

Exclusive IP licensing agreement

Sell-Side process for NeoCart® leading to a Japan licensing agreement with MEDINET ​

Facilitated negotiations between the US and Japan leading to the partnering in Japan of Sarilumab

Advised on expansion of existing collaboration on TSX-011 in addition to ASKA equity investment in TesoRx

Advised on Japan buy-side process leading to exclusive License Agreement for Meiji’s carbapenem, SPR-994

Assisted partnership with Maruho including an equity investment from Maruho into Veloce

Advised on company acquisition

Global Multi-Program Immuno-Oncology Alliance

Sell-side Japan/Asia collaboration PRS-080

Sell-side Japan licensing agreement for THG-1001

Sell-Side Process Leading to US licensing agreement for arhalofenate

Buy-side US rights acquisition for Keveyis

Multi-Track Sell-Side and Financing Engagement Leading to Acquisition

Buy-side licensing agreement for ANYARA

Identified and Initiated buy-side acquisition

Sell-side license for Canadian rights of IbuCream

Immuno- Oncology Advisor

Leveraging relationships in Japan to facilitate collaboration to develop and commercialize KHK’s anti-LIGHT mAb.

Raised $25M in a U.S. initial public offering issuing 2,500,000 shares at $10 per share

Facilitating negotiations between US and Japan to speed deal execution.

Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Tecarfarin in Greater China and Thailand

Buy-side licensing agreement for ALT1103 for Acromegaly

Series B Financing of $24M

Private Placement of $26.4M

US Option Agreement for IbuCream (topical ibuprofen)

Commercialization agreement for North American rights to Oravig

Buy-side product acquisition of Somatoprim for Acromegaly

Private Placement of $33.2M

Regional License Agreement and Investment for an Oral Unmodified Testosterone Replacement.

Merger between Fabrus and Senesco Technologies

Series A Financing of $7M

US Commercialization Agreement for Sitavig® (acyclovir mucoadhesive tablet)

$62.5 Million Follow on Financing

Worldwide License and Collaboration Agreement

CLIENT: InterMune PARTNER: Vidara TRANSACTION: Actimmune Product Divestiture for $55M upfront plus 2 year royalty

CLIENT: Otsuka PARTNER: Lundbeck TRANSACTION: Worldwide Co-Pro, Co-Dev Agreement for Abilify Depotand OPC-34712

CLIENT: Ascenta PARTNER: Debiopharm Group TRANSACTION: Worldwide Licensing Agreement for AT-406

CLIENT: Angiochem PARTNER: Geron TRANSACTION: Worldwide Licensing Agreement for ANG1005 and Research Collaboration for Telomerase

CLIENT: Synthetic Genomics PARTNER: Novartis TRANSACTION: Advisor in Forming New Company Synthetic Genomics Vaccines Inc. and Advisor on Structuring

CLIENT: Strategic Science & Technologies, LLC PARTNER: Undisclosed TRANSACTION: Worldwide Licensing Agreement for IbuCream (topical ibuprofen)

NewCo Formation for Transcription Factor Network Pharmacology Platform

CLIENT: Concordia Pharmaceuticals PARTNER: Ono TRANSACTION: Licensing Agreement for Salirasib in Japan

CLIENT: Synthetic Genomics PARTNER: Novartis TRANSACTION: Advisor in Forming New Company Synthetic Genomics Vaccines Inc. and Advisor on Structuring

CLIENT: Strategic Science & Technologies, LLC PARTNER: Undisclosed TRANSACTION: Worldwide Licensing Agreement for IbuCream (topical ibuprofen)

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