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PDL BioPharma - Eyes focused on Evofem

In June, PDL invested the second and final tranche of $30m ($60m in total) in Evofem, a women’s health company that is preparing to submit an NDA for Amphora, a non-hormonal female contraceptive, in Q419 with approval expected in H120. PDL now owns approximately 29% of the company. Evofem recently released exploratory data from its pivotal AMPOWER trial, which indicated that unlike other contraceptives, Amphora may increase sexual satisfaction, which could give it a marketing edge upon approval. The market opportunity is quite large, with $6.5bn worth of hormonal contraceptives being sold in 2018 according to EvaluatePharma.
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PDL BioPharma Inc.

PDL BioPharma is engaged in acquiring commercial stage pharmaceutical assets as well as late clinical stage pharmaceutical products. The company operates in three segments: Pharmaceutical, which consists of prescription medicine products sold under the name Tekturna?, Tekturna HCT?, Rasilez?, and Rasilez HCT?; Medical Devices, which consists of the LENSAR? Laser System; and Income Generating Assets, which consists of notes and other long-term receivables, royalty rights and hybrid notes/royalty receivables, equity investments and royalties from issued patents in the United States and elsewhere, covering the humanization of antibodies, which it refers to as the Queen et al. patents.

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Maxim Jacobs

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