Lucy Lu
On April 15, 2025, Lucy Lu, M.D., notified Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “ Company ”) of her resignation from the Board of Directors effective April 15, 2025.
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Fortress Biotech stockholders elect seven directors and ratify KPMG as auditor for FY2026
All seven director nominees elected; each received >9.7M votes for, with broker non-votes of ~12.9M.
Fortress Biotech Q1 net income $108.4M; PRV sale for $205M and ZYCUBO approval drive results
Net income $108.4M ($3.44 basic EPS) vs net loss $12.7M in Q1 2025; revenue $16.0M up from $13.1M.
Fortress Biotech reports 2025 results; ZYCUBO approved, PRV sold for $205M
ZYCUBO FDA-approved for Menkes disease; Cyprium sold PRV for $205M gross, with potential $128M in sales milestones.
Fortress Biotech subsidiary Cyprium closes PRV sale for $205M; Fortress expects over $100M
Cyprium sold Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher for $205M gross proceeds.
Cyprium (Fortress subsidiary) sells PRV for $205M cash; Oaktree loan covenants eased
Cyprium Therapeutics, 80.4% owned by Fortress, agreed to sell a Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher for $205M cash.
FDA approves ZYCUBO for Menkes disease; Cyprium gets PRV, up to $129M milestones
FDA approved ZYCUBO (copper histidinate) as first and only U.S. treatment for Menkes disease in pediatric patients.
FDA accepts CUTX-101 NDA resubmission as Class 1; PDUFA date Jan 14, 2026
FDA accepted NDA resubmission for CUTX-101 (copper histidinate) for Menkes disease; new PDUFA target action date January 14, 2026.
Maturity extended from July 2027 to June 30, 2028; $29.5M outstanding on $35M initial borrowing.
Fortress Biotech's majority-owned Cyprium gets NDA resubmission for CUTX-101 to FDA
Sentynl resubmitted NDA for CUTX-101 to FDA on Nov 14, 2025.
Fortress Biotech Q3 net revenue up 20.5% to $17.6M; net income $3.7M vs prior loss
Net revenue $17.6M (Q3 2025) vs $14.6M (Q3 2024), driven by dermatology product sales.
FDA issues Complete Response Letter for Fortress Biotech's CUTX-101 over manufacturing issues
FDA issued CRL for CUTX-101 NDA to treat Menkes disease; cGMP deficiencies at the manufacturing facility.
Fortress Biotech posts Q2 net income $13.4M; Checkpoint acquisition yields $28M upfront
Checkpoint acquired by Sun Pharma in May; Fortress received ~$28M at close, up to $4.8M CVR, plus 2.5% royalty on UNLOXCYT sales.
Fortress' former asset anselamimab fails primary endpoint in Phase III CARES study
AstraZeneca announced anselamimab did not achieve statistical significance on primary endpoint (ACM + CVH hierarchy) in Mayo stages IIIa/IIIb AL amyloidosis.
All seven director nominees elected: Rosenwald, Harvey, Hoenlein, Klein, Lobell, Lorenz, Weiss.
Fortress closes sale of Checkpoint to Sun Pharma; receives ~$28M cash plus milestones
Checkpoint merged into Sun Pharma on May 30, 2025; deconsolidated from Fortress.
Fortress Biotech Q1 net loss narrows to $12.7M; Checkpoint acquisition on track
Consolidated net loss $12.7M ($0.48/sh) vs $17.9M ($1.04/sh) in Q1 2024.
Fortress Biotech director Lucy Lu resigns from board, to become Chief Strategy Officer on April 21
Lucy Lu resigned from the Board of Directors effective April 15, 2025, with no disagreement with the Company.
Fortress Biotech posts FY2024 net loss of $55.9M; Checkpoint to be acquired by Sun Pharma
Net loss attributable to common stockholders of $55.9M ($2.69/sh) vs $68.7M ($8.47/sh) in FY2023; net revenue $57.7M, down from $84.5M.
Fortress Biotech subsidiary Checkpoint to be acquired by Sun Pharma for $4.10/share plus CVR
Sun Pharma to acquire Checkpoint at $4.10 per share in cash plus non-tradable CVR for up to $0.70 based on EU regulatory milestones for cosibelimab.
FDA extends PDUFA date for Fortress subsidiary's NDA for CUTX-101 to Sep 30, 2025
FDA extended target action date for CUTX-101 (Copper Histidinate) NDA to September 30, 2025.
FDA accepts Cyprium's NDA for CUTX-101 for priority review; action date June 30, 2025
FDA granted priority review to CUTX-101 (Copper Histidinate) NDA for treating Menkes disease.
FDA approves Fortress subsidiary Checkpoint's UNLOXCYT for advanced cSCC
FDA approved UNLOXCYT (cosibelimab-ipdl) for metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) in adults not candidates for curative surgery/radiation.
Fortress Biotech Q3 net loss $15M; FDA approved Emrosi on Nov 4; cosibelimab PDUFA Dec 28
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $15.0M ($0.76/shr) vs $7.1M loss in Q3 2023.
FDA approved Emrosi (Minocycline HCL ER 40mg) for inflammatory lesions of rosacea; Journey Medical to market it in U.S.
Fortress Biotech raises $8M in registered direct offering and private placements
Raised $8M gross from sale of 3,939,394 shares at $1.65 and warrants to institutional investors; CEO also purchased shares/warrants.
Fortress Biotech Q2 net loss $13.3M; pauses preferred dividend; two PDUFA dates in Q4 2024
Q2 2024 net revenue $14.9M (dermatology) vs $17.4M Q2 2023; net loss attributable to common $13.3M ($0.73/sh) vs $26.9M ($3.65/sh).
Fortress Biotech enters $50M Oaktree loan, repays prior $50M, extends maturity to 2027
Borrowed $35M initially under new $50M senior secured credit agreement with Oaktree; eligible for additional $15M at lenders' discretion.
Fortress Biotech's Urica sells gout drug dotinurad to Crystalys for 35% equity and 3% royalty
Urica sold its URAT1 inhibitor dotinurad (gout treatment) and related IP to Crystalys Therapeutics.
Fortress Biotech pauses monthly dividend on Series A Preferred Stock
Dividend of $0.1953125/share on 9.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock paused effective July 1, 2024; no payment on July 31, 2024.
Fortress Biotech issues 2.03M shares of common stock to settle Urica Preferred Stock obligations
Issued 2,028,345 shares of common stock to former holders of Urica Preferred Stock.
Fortress Biotech adopts bylaw amendments on director voting and exclusive forum
Director election voting changed to majority of votes cast in uncontested elections, plurality in contested.
Elected all 8 directors; Rosenwald received 7.88M for, 279K against; broker non-votes 6.1M.
Fortress Biotech Q1 net loss narrows to $17.7M; FDA accepts DFD-29 NDA for rosacea
Consolidated net revenue $13.0M, all from dermatology products, up 7% YoY driven by Qbrexza and Accutane.
Fortress Biotech 2023 rev $84.5M; net loss $(68.7)M; DFD-29 PDUFA Nov 4, 2024
Record consolidated net revenue $84.5M in 2023, up from $75.7M in 2022; net loss $(68.7)M ($8.47/share) vs $(94.6)M ($15.97).
Eric Rowinsky will not seek re-election to Fortress Biotech board at 2024 annual meeting
Dr. Rowinsky to step down as director at the 2024 annual meeting due to other professional commitments.
Fortress Biotech closes registered direct offering of 3.3M units at $3.33 for $11M gross proceeds
Offered 3,303,305 units at $3.33 each, each consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant.
Fortress Biotech raises $10M via public offering of 5.9M units at $1.70/unit
Sold 5,885,000 units at $1.70/unit, each consisting of one share common stock and one warrant (exercise $1.70, 5-year term).
Fortress Biotech Q3 net revenue $34.8M (up 100% QoQ); net loss narrows to $7.1M
Total consolidated net revenue $34.8M, including $19M upfront payment from Journey Medical's Maruho license.
Fortress Biotech regains Nasdaq compliance; Sentynl takes over CUTX-101 development
Nasdaq notified Fortress on Oct 24, 2023 of compliance with $1.00 bid price requirement; listing matter closed.
Fortress Biotech (FBIO) effects 1-for-15 reverse stock split on Oct 10 to meet Nasdaq $1 bid
Reverse split ratio of 1:15; shares reduce from ~134.1M to ~8.9M.
Total net revenue $17.4M in Q2 2023, a 40% increase from $12.4M in Q1 2023; dermatology products contributed $17.0M.
Fortress Biotech stockholders approve 7M share increase in incentive plan and 1M in ESPP
Stockholders re-elected all eight director nominees to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting.
Fortress Biotech lowers warrant exercise price to $0.5424 from $3.20 per Oaktree agreement
Lowered exercise price on 1,749,450 existing warrants from $3.20 to $0.5424 per share.
Fortress Biotech Q1 GAAP net loss widens to $21.5M; dermatology revenue drops 41%
GAAP net loss $21.5M ($0.21/sh) vs $15.8M ($0.18/sh) YoY; non-GAAP core loss $6.5M ($0.06/sh).
Fortress Biotech gets second 180-day Nasdaq bid-price compliance extension to Oct 30, 2023
Nasdaq granted second 180-day grace period under Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(ii) on May 2, 2023.
Fortress Biotech shareholders approve issuance of rights and Contingent Subsidiary Securities
Special meeting held April 10, 2023; quorum of 60,355,029 shares (53.2%).
Record consolidated net revenue of $75.7M for FY2022, up from $68.8M in FY2021; $71.0M from dermatology products.
Fortress Biotech prices $13.9M registered direct equity offering; warrants tied to subsidiary stakes
Issued 16.6M shares at $0.835/share for gross proceeds of ~$13.9M.
Fortress Biotech Appoints Lucy Lu, M.D. to Board of Directors
Lucy Lu, M.D. appointed to Fortress Biotech Board effective December 14, 2022.
Net revenue for nine months ended Sep 30, 2022 was $59.3M, up 17.5% from the same period in 2021.
On April 15, 2025, Lucy Lu, M.D., notified Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “ Company ”) of her resignation from the Board of Directors effective April 15, 2025.
Dr. Lu’s decision to resign from the Board of Directors was made in connection with her accepting an offer to join the Company as Chief Strategy Officer effective April 21, 2025.
Eric Rowinsky, M.D., a director currently serving on the board of directors of Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “ Company ”), informed the Company that he does not intend to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “ 2024 Annual Meeting ”) due to other professional commitments.
On December 14, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the “Company elected Lucy Lu, M.D. as a new member of the Board.
effective August 16, 2022, David Jin, 32, who has served as the Company’s Vice President of Corporate Development and the Interim Principal Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s subsidiary Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (“Avenue”), was appointed Chief Financial Officer.
On July 21, 2022, Robyn Hunter, the Chief Financial Officer of Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”), provided notice to the Company of her resignation. Ms. Hunter’s resignation will be effective August 16, 2022.
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