SAN DIEGO, Jan. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRNE, "Sorrento") announced today that Dr. Henry Ji, Chairman and CEO, will participate in the East/West CEO conference in San Francisco on January 5 th , 2019 at 2:00PM PST at the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco (prior to the JPM Healthcare Conference).
The panel will discuss “Adventures in Financing: Raising Capital in 2018”, with a focus on alternative financing and how innovative biotechnology companies can leverage the value of their assets in commercial and/or development stage to seek significant non-dilutive funding.
Dr Ji will highlight key considerations behind a pair of important deals the company was able to close in 2018:
- Debt financing of up to $150 million for Sorrento Therapeutics
- Royalty-based financing of $140 million for Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (majority owned subsidiary of Sorrento)
He will also provide updates on Sorrento’s clinical stage immuno-cellular oncology therapies (“CAR-T”) and non-opioid pain management small molecule in Resiniferatoxin (“RTX”) that are expected to move into pivotal trials in 2019 and the impact of clinical data readouts on additional non-dilutive financing opportunities to maximize shareholders’ value.
About Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
Sorrento is a clinical stage, antibody-centric, biopharmaceutical company developing new therapies to turn malignant cancers into manageable and possibly curable diseases. Sorrento's multimodal multipronged approach to fighting cancer is made possible by its’ extensive immuno-oncology platforms, including key assets such as fully human antibodies (“G-MAB™ library”), antibody-drug conjugates (“ADC”) as well CAR-T and oncolytic virus (“Seprehvir®”).
Sorrento's commitment to life-enhancing therapies for cancer patients is also demonstrated by our effort to advance a first-in-class (TRPV1 agonist) RTX and ZTlido™. RTX is completing a phase IB trial in terminal cancer patients. ZTlido™ was approved by US FDA on February 28, 2018.
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Media and Investor Relations
Alexis Nahama, DVM (VP Corporate Development)
Telephone: 1.858.203.4120
Email: mediarelations@sorrentotherapeutics.com
Sorrento® and the Sorrento logo are registered trademarks of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
ZTlido™ and G-MAB™ are trademarks owned by Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sorrento, respectively.
Seprehvir®, is a registered trademark of Virttu Biologics Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TNK Therapeutics, Inc. and part of the group of companies owned by Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
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