Millendo Therapeutics wraps up merger with OvaScience

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Millendo Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharma company engaged in developing drugs for orphan endocrine diseases, has wrapped up a previously announced merger with OvaScience, a Massachusetts-based biotech company focused on female infertility.

As per the terms of the merger announced in August 2018, the Michigan-based Millendo Therapeutics has been paid $85.4 million, which includes $35.9 million in cash from OvaScience and $49.5 million from an associated financing. The Millendo OvaScience merger was closed following the approval of the stockholders of the Massachusetts-based firm.

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The enlarged company, which will operate as Millendo Therapeutics, will be owned 63.3% by Millendo stockholders, 16.5% by former OvaScience stockholders and 20.2% by investors participating in the associated financing.

Millendo Therapeutics wraps up merger with OvaScience

Millendo Therapeutics wraps up merger with OvaScience. Photo courtesy of Stuart Miles/Freedigitalphotos.net.

The combined company will work on the further development of the Michigan biopharma company’s orphan endocrine pipeline, including livoletide, a candidate for Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), expected to enter into a phase 2b/3 trial in Q1 2019, and nevanimibe, a candidate for classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which is in phase 2b clinical development.

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Julia C. Owens – President and CEO of Millendo Therapeutics, commenting on the Millendo OvaScience merger, said: “The closing of the merger and concurrent financing represents a significant opportunity and milestone for Millendo, as we can now accelerate our work to bring life-changing therapies to market for rare endocrine diseases. We have two differentiated, late-stage endocrine therapies that have been observed to be well tolerated, and we believe address areas of significant unmet need.

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“In September 2018, we initiated our Phase 2b trial of nevanimibe in CAH, and we look forward to the planned initiation of our pivotal Phase 2b/3 trial of livoletide for PWS in the first quarter of 2019.”

The enlarged company will be headed by Julia Owens and will be headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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