$150 million secured at closing extends cash runway into early 2027
REGENXBIO retains additional potential non-dilutive funding opportunities, including monetization of Priority Review Voucher (PRV) and milestones from AbbVie
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX) today announced the closure of a non-dilutive, limited recourse royalty bond agreement of up to $250 million with Healthcare Royalty (HCRx). This agreement monetizes select anticipated royalties and milestones, and provides both immediate and expected future, non-dilutive capital. REGENXBIO received $150 million at closing, extending the Company's expected cash runway into early 2027.
"This strategic financing brings future potential funds forward and extends our runway beyond multiple meaningful milestones, including the potential FDA approval of RGX-121 for MPS II, top-line data readout and BLA submission for RGX-202 for Duchenne, and top-line data readouts for two pivotal studies of subretinal ABBV-RGX-314 for wet AMD," said Mitchell Chan Chief Financial Officer of REGENXBIO. "Along with fueling our late-stage activities, this transaction enables us to retain future potential non-dilutive opportunities and the potential long-term financial upside from our NAV® licensees and MPS programs. As we approach potential first- or best-in-class product launches, we remain focused on leveraging low-cost, non-dilutive capital to advance our differentiated portfolio and unlock significant value for shareholders. This capital infusion positions us well to accelerate commercial preparations and continue extending our longstanding leadership in rare and retinal gene therapies."
"This financing capitalizes on REGENXBIO's unique position as a late-stage gene therapy company with multiple royalty-generating assets," said Clarke Futch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HCRx. "We recognize the value embedded in REGENXBIO's differentiated portfolio. This deal demonstrates HCRx's commitment to providing innovative capital structures to benefit our clients and their shareholders."
Terms of the Agreement Under the terms of the agreement, HCRx will provide REGENXBIO an up to $250 million bond (principal amount) in exchange for rights, up to the principal amount and accrued interest, to anticipated royalty payments from sales of ZOLGENSMA® for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), as well as royalty and certain milestones payments from RGX-121 and RGX-111 for MPS II and MPS I, pursuant to a partnership with Nippon Shinyaku, and NAV® Technology Platform licensees Rocket Pharmaceuticals and Ultragenyx.
HCRx will receive quarterly interest payments derived solely from the royalty and milestone revenue received, less any payments to REGENXBIO's upstream licensors, and warrants to purchase up to 268,096 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $14.92, which is a 100% premium to REGENXBIO's 30-day weighted average price.
In addition to the $150 million received at closing, $50 million will be funded by April 30, 2027 upon the achievement of ZOLGENSMA sales milestones and an additional $50 million will be funded upon the mutual agreement of the parties, further extending the Company's cash runway.
REGENXBIO's other future potential non-dilutive funding sources, including the potential sale of the expected Priority Review Voucher for RGX-121, development and sales milestones from AbbVie, and a majority of the development milestones from Nippon Shinyaku, are not included in this agreement and are retained by REGENXBIO.
Zolgensma using intravenous delivery has been approved for the treatment of SMA in more than 50 countries. In January 2025, Novartis announced the Phase III study of Zolgensma using intrathecal delivery had met its primary endpoint.
Covington & Burling LLP served as legal advisor to REGENXBIO and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP advised HCRx.
ABOUT REGENXBIO Inc. REGENXBIO is a biotechnology company on a mission to improve lives through the curative potential of gene therapy. Since its founding in 2009, REGENXBIO has pioneered the field of AAV gene therapy. REGENXBIO is advancing a late-stage pipeline of one-time treatments for rare and retinal diseases, including RGX-202 for the treatment of Duchenne; clemidsogene lanparvovec (RGX-121) for the treatment of MPS II and RGX-111 for the treatment of MPS I, both in partnership with Nippon Shinyaku; and surabgene lomparvovec (ABBV-RGX-314) for the treatment of wet AMD and diabetic retinopathy, in collaboration with AbbVie. Thousands of patients have been treated with REGENXBIO's AAV platform, including those receiving Novartis' ZOLGENSMA®. REGENXBIO's investigational gene therapies have the potential to change the way healthcare is delivered for millions of people. For more information, please visit WWW.REGENXBIO.COM.
ABOUT HEALTHCARE ROYALTY HealthCare Royalty is a leading royalty acquisition company focused on commercial or near-commercial biopharmaceutical products. With offices in Stamford, Conn., San Francisco, Boston, London and Miami. HCRx has invested $5+ billion in over 90 biopharmaceutical products since inception. For more information, visit https://www.hcrx.com. HEALTHCARE ROYALTY® and HCRx® are registered trademarks of HealthCare Royalty Management, LLC.
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