M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.70
Coherus Oncology, Inc. (CHRS): M&A transaction — Coherus completes acquisition of Surface Oncology for ~$66.9M in stock and CVRs
Coherus Oncology, Inc.
- Coherus issued 0.1960 shares per Surface share for total consideration of ~$66.9M ($40M + 26.9M net cash).
- Surface shareholders received CVRs for 70% of milestone/royalty value from Novartis and GSK programs, and 25-50% of future ex-US licensing payments for CHS-114 and casdozokitug.
- Acquired pipeline: toripalimab (anti-PD-1 under BLA review), casdozokitug (IL-27 antibody Phase 2), CHS-114 (CCR8 antibody Phase 1/2), CHS-006 (TIGIT antibody Phase 1/2).
- Surface common stock delisted from Nasdaq Capital Market effective September 8, 2023.