invoX Pharma/Sino Biopharma acquires F-star Therapeutics
invoX Pharma Limited a U.K.-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited with an advancing pipeline of innovative products, announces that it has successfully completed the acquisition of F-star Therapeutics, Inc.,a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering bispecific antibodies in immunotherapy, for an aggregate cash consideration of approximately $161 million (or $7.12 per share).
F-star is currently executing Phase II trials in Europe and the U.S. in patients with PD-1 acquired resistant head and neck cancer, and in checkpoint inhibitor-naïve patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The Company also has further earlier clinical studies underway with patients in both geographies.