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XOMA Earns $5 Million Milestone Upon FDA Acceptance of Day One’s Tovorafenib NDA for Relapsed or Progressive Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG)
FDA has granted Priority Review and assigned a PDUFA target action date of April 30, 2024 EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA
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[{"type":"text","content":"FDA has granted Priority Review and assigned a PDUFA target action date of April 30, 2024\nEMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA Corporation (NASDAQ: XOMA), the biotech royalty aggregator, announced today it has earned a $5 million milestone related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) acceptance of Day One Biopharmaceuticals’ New Drug Application (NDA) for tovorafenib as a monotherapy for relapsed or progressive pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG). The FDA has granted tovorafenib Priority Review and established a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of April 30, 2024. “Tovorafenib has the potential to address a key unmet need in children whose low-grade gliomas with BRAF alterations have relapsed or progressed,” stated Owen Hughes, Executive Chairman of XOMA. “A novel, targeted, orally available option has the opportunity to set a new standard-of-care in this patient population.” In March 2021, XOMA paid $13.5 million upfront plus a share of a future event-based milestone, to acquire the $54 million in potential milestones and mid-single digit royalties associated with tovorafenib, in addition to the economics associated with vosaroxin, from Viracta Therapeutics. About XOMA CorporationXOMA is a biotechnology royalty aggregator playing a distinctive role in helping biotech companies achieve their goal of improving human health. XOMA acquires the potential future economics associated with pre-commercial and commercial therapeutic candidates that have been licensed to pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. When XOMA acquires the future economics, the seller receives non-dilutive, non-recourse funding they can use to advance their internal drug candidate(s) or for general corporate purposes. The Company has an extensive and growing portfolio with more than 70 assets (asset defined as the right to receive potential future economics associated with the advancement of an underlying therapeutic candidate). For more information about the Company and its portfolio, please visit www.xoma.com. Forward-Looking Statements/Explanatory NotesCertain statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the timing and amount of potentia...