关键词： Raptor 罕见病 HealthCare Royalty Partners公司
2012年12月22日讯 /生物谷BIOON/ --HealthCare Royalty Partners公司继赞助Nuron Biotech公司8000万美元研究疫苗后，又决定向Raptor Pharmaceutical提供高达5000万美元的投资来赞助其罕见病治疗项目。而该项目将在2013年一月底迎来第一个截止日期。
HC公司的投资将分为两部分，第一部分Raptor公司先获得2500万美元的资助用以研发其药物Procysbi--商业名称为RP103，该药物旨在治疗肾病型胱胺酸症，当Procysbi获得FDA的许可后，HC公司将给予Raptor公司另外一半的资助。
Raptor 公司CEO Christopher Starr称，该项目将更充分的发掘Procysbi的价值并藉以获得超过5500万美元的收入。（生物谷Bioon.com）
英文详细报道：
Fast on the heels of its $80 million investment/royalty pact on Nuron Biotech's vaccine portfolio, HealthCare Royalty Partners agreed to lend Raptor Pharmaceutical ($RPTP) up to $50 million to help finance the prospective launch of its new drug for a rare metabolic disease, now facing a PDUFA deadline at the end of January.
Here's how the deal works: Raptor gets $25 million now and another $25 million if the FDA approves Procysbi, the commercial name for RP103 for the potential treatment of nephropathic cystinosis. The loans mature at the end of 2019 at a fixes rate of 10.75% and a "Synthetic Royalty" variable rate, tiered down, based on a percentage of future Procysbi sales. The loan is interest-only for the first two years.
"This loan agreement with HC Royalty further validates the growing value of Procysbi and Raptor's pipeline. We believe that the proceeds of this financing will provide us with the necessary capital to fund our activities through FDA approval of Procysbi, based on our current assumptions for the timing of a potential FDA approval of Procysbi, as well as to fund our plans to launch Procysbi in the U.S., if approved by the FDA," said Raptor CEO Christopher Starr in a statement. "At closing of the first Tranche we will have over $55 million in cash on our balance sheet, with an additional $25 million to be funded under the second tranche loan upon FDA approval of Procysbi."
