CHESTERBROOK, Pa., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trevena, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRVN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel medicines for patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced that the Company entered into a royalty-based financing with an affiliate of R-Bridge Healthcare Fund.
In connection with the R- Bridge Financing, Trevena will receive an upfront amount of $15 million, and $15 million upon first commercial sale of OLINVYK in China. The Company will also receive an additional $10 million upon achievement of either a commercial or financing milestone.
The R-Bridge Financing will be repaid through assignment to R-Bridge of all royalties from the Company’s license with its partner in China, Jiangsu Nhwa Pharmaceutical (Nhwa) and through a 4% net revenue interest in the Company’s US net sales of OLINVYK. This US revenue interest will be capped at $10 million if Chinese approval of OLINVYK occurs by year-end 2023. In the event Chinese approval does not occur by that time, the US revenue interest will increase to 7% and will continue until certain combined totals of US revenue interest and Chinese royalties are paid. The Company retains all milestones from its partnership with Nhwa, including a $3 million milestone on Chinese approval of OLINVYK.
“This transaction strengthens our financial position and is also a creative and efficient way to unlock immediate value for an important asset,” said Carrie Bourdow, president and CEO of Trevena. “As a leading global healthcare royalty fund, R-Bridge was uniquely suited to recognizing the significant value created by Trevena and our partner Jiangsu Nhwa.”
Trevena is not subject to financial covenants in connection with the R-Bridge Financing. Funding of the loan is subject to customary conditions, and is expected within 15 days. The Company provided to R-Bridge a negative pledge of all of its assets until Chinese approval of OLINVYK in connection with the R-Bridge Financing. Following such approval, the R-Bridge Financing will be non-recourse to Trevena, other than the Chinese royalty and capped US revenue interest.
About Trevena
Trevena, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines for patients with CNS disorders. The Company has one approved product in the United States, OLINVYK® (oliceridine) injection, indicated in adults for the management of acute pain severe enough to require an intravenous opioid analgesic and for whom alternative treatments are inadequate. The Company’s novel pipeline is based on Nobel Prize winning research and includes four differentiated investigational drug candidates: TRV250 for the acute treatment of migraine, TRV734 for maintenance treatment of opioid use disorder, TRV045 for diabetic neuropathic pain and epilepsy, and TRV027 for acute respiratory distress syndrome and abnormal blood clotting in COVID-19 patients.
For more information, please visit www.Trevena.com
About R-Bridge (CBC Group)
CBC Group is Asia’s largest and most active healthcare-dedicated investment firm with over US$5 billion AUM, focused on platform-building, buyout opportunities, and alternative financing across three core areas: pharmaceutical & biotech, medtech, and healthcare services. CBC has a leading team of investment, industry and portfolio management professionals, headquartered in Singapore with offices in New York, Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong and presence in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco and Tokyo.
Founded in February 2020, R-Bridge Healthcare Fund is an affiliate of CBC Group and it is dedicated in providing alternative, non-dilutive financing backed by royalties, revenue interest and other cash flows generated by the sale of healthcare products and services in China, the first of its kind for the asset class and the region. R-Bridge provides additional sources of capital to leading healthcare companies to continue their extraordinary growth trajectories, commercializing their products and services in China and on a global scale.
About Jiangsu Nhwa Pharmaceuticals
Jiangsu Nhwa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (SZ002262), founded in 1978, is a leading CNS company in China. Over the past 40 years, Nhwa has focused on developing an innovative and differentiated pipeline in the areas of anesthesia, analgesia, psychiatry, and neurology via its own in-house R&D and via global partnerships.
As a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with more than 4000 employees, Nhwa has comprehensive capabilities in discovery, clinical development, manufacturing, and commercialization of CNS drugs. In recent years, Nhwa has further strengthened its leadership in CNS field in China by providing precision diagnostic services for CNS disorders, as well as establishing the largest Chinese CNS internet health platform.
