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Acacia Pharma - Cosmo provides cash injection

Acacia Pharma has announced a deal with Cosmo Pharmaceuticals to acquire the US rights to sedative ByFavo (remimazolam). This is a multi-faceted deal – the addition of ByFavo broadens Acacia’s US commercial pipeline beyond key asset BARHEMSYS (post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV)). Both assets are under FDA review, with imminent PDUFA dates (BARHEMSYS 26 February, ByFavo 5 April) and potential US launch during H220. Critically, Cosmo’s equity investment of €10m plus access to loan facilities (up to $35m) for Acacia bridges its short-term funding gap, enabling it to expand its much-needed US commercial infrastructure to support both product launches. Management changes continue; as CFO Christine Soden is set to retire, the board has appointed Gary Gemignani as successor. We value Acacia at €882m or €13.8/share.
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Acacia Pharma Group PLC

Acacia Pharma Group Plc. Acacia Pharma Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based company specialized in the pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical group focuses on the development and commercialization of new nausea and vomiting treatments for surgical and cancer patients. Its pipeline includes BAREMIS, an intravenous formulation of amisulpride, which is a selective dopamine antagonist that has completed phase 3 clinical development for the prophylaxis and treatment of Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and APD403, which is based on the selective dopamine antagonist amisulpride and it is being developed as an intravenous injection for cancer patients to be administered immediately before chemotherapy to prevent acute chemotherapy-induced nausea & vomiting ( CINV).

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Sean Conroy

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