RE: What’s Tim McCarthy’s next move24 Mar 2026 12:04
Below is the Nov 2019 agreement with Avion
A summary of key highlights to both Agreements
·; Avion and ImmuPharma will co-develop Lupuzor™ to allow registration for marketing in the US, Europe and elsewhere
·; Avion will commercialise Lupuzor™ exclusively for the US.
·; ImmuPharma retains all the rights to commercialise Lupuzor™, outside of the US, either through distribution partnerships or directly by ImmuPharma.
·; A new optimised international Phase III trial in lupus patients (which is expected to include patients in the US, Europe and elsewhere), is targeted to commence in 2020, following agreement of the trial design between Avion, ImmuPharma and the US Food & Drug Administration ("FDA").
·; Avion will fund the full expected costs of the new Phase III trial up to $25 million.
·; ImmuPharma will receive milestone payments of up to $70 million. A $5 million milestone payment will be paid on regulatory approval of Lupuzor™ in lupus, and $65 million will be based on achievement of overall sales targets.
·; ImmuPharma will also receive $5 million for each additional approval, other than lupus, as Avion also has the rights, for the US, to explore further opportunities within Lupuzor™'s peptide platform for other auto-immune indications outside of lupus.
·; ImmuPharma will receive from Avion tiered double-digit royalties up to 17 percent, according to pre-specified annual US sales targets.
·; Avion has the right to use relevant trademarks for the development, manufacture and commercialisation of products.
As you can see if there 50 in total other autoimmune indications then Avion would have to pay us £250m plus milestone payments and royalties that is just for the US when you look at this agreement this is what is causing all of the delay because Avion will not want to sell their rights for peanuts even though they have only paid out £5m so far and bought a load of shares at 11p. The more you think about it Tim has tied us into a marriage with Avion that now requires a divorce settlement before we can move on to a big pharma. I think Tim knows this is not going to happen soon at all. Think about it discussions since before September this is very messy.