Organization and Description of Business |
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| Organization and Description of Business |
1. Organization and Description of Business
Fortress Biotech, Inc., formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc. (“Fortress” or “the Company”), is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. On April 27, 2015, the Company changed its name from Coronado Biosciences, Inc. to Fortress Biotech, Inc. Fortress plans to develop and commercialize products both within Fortress and within subsidiary companies, also known as Fortress Companies. In addition to its internal development programs, the Company will leverage its biopharmaceutical business expertise and drug development capabilities to help the Fortress Companies achieve their goals. Additionally, the Company will provide funding and management services to each of the Fortress Companies and, from time to time, the Company and the Fortress Companies will seek licensing, partnerships, joint ventures and/or public and private financings to accelerate and provide additional funding to support their research and development programs. As of September 30, 2015, the Company has several consolidated Fortress Companies, which contain product licenses, including Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (“Avenue”), Journey Medical Corporation (“JMC”), Coronado SO Co. (“Coronado SO”), Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (“Checkpoint”), Mustang Bio, Inc. (“Mustang”), Helocyte, Inc. (“Helocyte”), formerly DiaVax Biosciences, Inc. (“DiaVax”), Escala Therapeutics, Inc. (“Escala”), formerly Altamira Biosciences, Inc. (“Altamira”), and other consolidated Fortress subsidiaries which have minimal activity, including Innmune Limited, CB Securities Corporation (holds treasury bills classified as marketable securities), and Cyprium Therapeutics, Inc. Recent Events Fortress Companies On September 30, 2015, a subsidiary of Fortress closed the first tranche of a confidential private placement offering raising approximately $12.6 million. Expenses associated with this tranche approximated $1.5 million. Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. In March 2015, the Company formed Checkpoint, an immuno-oncology focused company. To date, Checkpoint has licensed a portfolio of fully human immuno-oncology targeted antibodies generated in the laboratory of Dr. Wayne Marasco, MD, PhD, a professor in the Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (“Dana-Farber”). The portfolio includes antibodies targeting Programmed-death Ligand 1 (“PD-L1”), glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein (“GITR”) and carbonic anhydrase 9 (“CAIX”). Checkpoint plans to develop these novel immuno-oncology and checkpoint inhibitor antibodies on their own and in combination with each other, as data suggests that combinations of these targets can work synergistically together. The Company expects clinical trials to start in the second half of 2016. Additionally, effective March 2015, Fortress assigned its license from NeuPharma, Inc. (“NeuPharma”) for a small molecule inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor (“EGFR”) mutations to Checkpoint. Clinical trials for this program are expected to start in the first half of 2016 (see Note 4). In connection with the license agreement with Dana-Farber, Checkpoint entered into a collaboration agreement with TG Therapeutics, Inc. (“TGTX”) to develop and commercialize the Anti-PD-L1 and Anti-GITR antibody research programs in the field of hematological malignancies. Further, in connection with the NeuPharma license, Checkpoint entered into an option agreement with TGTX for a global collaboration in connection with the future development of the certain compounds licensed. Michael Weiss, the Company’s Executive Vice Chairman, Strategic Development is also Co-Portfolio Manager and a Partner of Opus Point Partners Management, LLC (“OPPM”) with Dr. Lindsay Rosenwald, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Further, Mr. Weiss is the Executive Chairman, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and a stockholder of TGTX. Checkpoint retains the right to develop and commercialize these antibodies in the field of solid tumors. Both programs are currently in pre-clinical development. On September 15, 2015, Checkpoint entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with NeuPharma to identify additional inhibitors with differing profiles from the licensed products. Under the terms of the agreement, Checkpoint will pay NeuPharma for specific sponsored research projects. Mustang Bio, Inc. In March 2015, the Company formed Mustang to develop immunotherapies based on Chimeric Antigen Receptor Technology (“CAR-T”) and Mustang entered into a license agreement with the City of Hope (“COH”) to acquire such technology. In connection with the license agreement, Mustang also entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with the COH in which Mustang will fund continued research at the COH of CAR-T (see Note 4). Coronado SO Co. In February 2015, Coronado SO entered into an exclusive license agreement with a third party for a topical product used in the treatment of Hand-Foot Syndrome, a common painful side effect of chemotherapeutics (see Note 4). Journey Medical Corporation In March 2015, JMC, the Company’s dermatology focused subsidiary, entered into a license and supply agreement to acquire rights to distribute a dermatological product for the treatment of acne (see Note 6). Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. In February 2015, the Company purchased an exclusive license to an intravenous (“IV”) formulation of Tramadol for the U.S. market from Revogenex Ireland Limited (“Revogenex”). Tramadol is a centrally acting synthetic opioid analgesic for moderate to moderately severe pain and is available as immediate release or extended-release tablets in the United States. The Company intends to transfer the IV Tramadol license and rights to Avenue during the fourth quarter of 2015 in order to establish a Fortress Company focused on the acquisition, licensing, development and commercialization of products principally for use in the acute/intensive care hospital setting (see Note 4). Helocyte, Inc. Helocyte, formerly DiaVax, was formed to develop novel immunotherapies for the prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus (“CMV”), a common virus that affects people of all ages. On April 2, 2015, Helocyte entered into an agreement with the COH to secure exclusive worldwide rights for two T-cell immunotherapeutic vaccines for controlling CMV in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (“HSCT”) and solid organ transplant (“SOT”) recipients. Known as Triplex and PepVax, the programs are expected to enter Phase II clinical studies later this year and are supported by grants paid and payable to the COH from the National Cancer Institute. In connection with the licensing of Triplex and PepVax, Helocyte further entered into an option agreement with the COH (the “Option”) for exclusive worldwide rights to Pentamer, a universal immunotherapeutic vaccine being developed for the prevention of CMV transmission in utero, and exercised this Option on April 28, 2015 (see Note 4). Escala Therapeutics, Inc. On July 16, 2015, Escala, formerly Altamira, acquired from New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Limited (“NZP”) a license from the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (“CRADAs”) for the development of oral N-acetyl-D-mannosamine (“ManNAc”), a key compound in the sialic biosynthetic pathway for the treatment of hyposialylation disorders, including GNE myopathy and various forms of nephropathy (see Note 4). |