XOMA Earns $5-Million Milestone Upon FDA Acceptance of Day One’s Tovorafenib NDA for Relapsed or Progressive Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma
XOMA Corporation recently announced it has earned a $5-million milestone related to the US FDA’s acceptance of Day One Biopharmaceuticals’ New Drug Application (NDA) for tovorafenib as a monotherapy for relapsed or progressive pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG). The FDA has granted tovorafenib Priority Review and established a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of April 30, 2024.
“Tovorafenib has the potential to address a key unmet need in children whose low-grade gliomas with BRAF alterations have relapsed or progressed,” said Owen Hughes, Executive Chairman of XOMA. “A novel, targeted, orally available option has the opportunity to set a new standard-of-care in this patient population.”
In March 2021, XOMA paid $13.5 million upfront plus a share of a future event-based milestone, to acquire the $54 million in potential milestones and mid-single digit royalties associated with tovorafenib, in addition to the economics associated with vosaroxin, from Viracta Therapeutics.
XOMA is a biotechnology royalty aggregator playing a distinctive role in helping biotech companies achieve their goal of improving human health. XOMA acquires the potential future economics associated with pre-commercial and commercial therapeutic candidates that have been licensed to pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. When XOMA acquires the future economics, the seller receives non-dilutive, non-recourse funding they can use to advance their internal drug candidate(s) or for general corporate purposes. The Company has an extensive and growing portfolio with more than 70 assets (asset defined as the right to receive potential future economics associated with the advancement of an underlying therapeutic candidate). For more information, visit www.xoma.com.
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