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OncoSec Announces Closing of the CGP/Sirtex Transaction


SAN DIEGO & PENNINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OncoSec Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ:ONCS) (the “Company” or “OncoSec”), a company developing late-stage intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, today announced that, following shareholder approval, the proposed strategic investment by and partnership (the “CGP/Sirtex Transaction”) with Grand Decade Developments Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited (“CGP”), and its U.S. affiliate, Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Sirtex”) has closed. The CGP/Sirtex Transaction brings significant benefits to OncoSec, including:

Immediate Capital

  • An immediate $30 million cash infusion at $2.50 per share, an approximate 25% premium to the average share price over the 20 days prior to the signing of the deal on October 9, 2019. The capital received today will significantly help fund OncoSec’s ongoing KEYNOTE clinical trials of its lead product candidate, TAVO™ (plasmid-based interleukin-12), in combination with Merck's KEYTRUDA® to completion.

CGP Partnership Provides Access to Chinese Market

  • China is the second largest market in the world after the U.S., but historically has been challenging for U.S. biopharma companies to enter due to regulatory barriers.

  • As a public company listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange (with a market capitalization of approximately $1.8 billion), CGP is an active and established pharmaceutical leader in China. CGP currently develops, manufactures and distributes its products in China to approximately 6,000 hospitals and 30,000 pharmacies and has a sales team of more than 2,000 employees. It also has significant experience dealing with regulatory bodies, research and development and product commercialization in China.

  • OncoSec plans to leverage its strategic alliance with CGP to develop and introduce TAVO™ to the important Chinese market. Under the license agreement with CGP, OncoSec has granted an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize OncoSec’s current and future products in greater China and other Asian markets. CGP will pay for all development costs and will also pay OncoSec up to 20% royalties on the net sales of such products in the region, less development costs

Sirtex Partnership Provides Access to Top-Notch Commercial Talent and Resources

  • Sirtex will support and assist OncoSec with pre-marketing activities for TAVO™ and its visceral lesion applicator (VLA) in exchange for low single-digit royalties on those products.

  • Sirtex is a global life-sciences company that has an approved medical device product for targeted radiation therapy for liver cancer. They have a highly experienced and dedicated oncology sales force and have supplied product to more t