NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ:NLNK) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendment to Public Health Agency of Canada License Agreement
On January 2, 2019, BioProtection Systems Corporation, or BPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of NewLink Genetics Corporation (together, “we”, “our” or the “Company”) and the Public Health Agency of Canada, or PHAC, amended and restated the License Agreement by and between BPS and PHAC dated May 4, 2010, or the PHAC License Agreement. Under the PHAC License Agreement, certain provisions of our existing agreement with PHAC were amended, among other things, to
expand the field of use to include the development and use of the licensed rights with injectable products in the field of prevention and prophylaxis against and treatment of Ebola in non-human primates.
The foregoing description of the PHAC License Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, a copy of which will be filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, portions of which may be subject to a FOIA Confidential Treatment Request to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to Rule 24-b under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any omitted material will be included in the request for confidential treatment.
About NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ:NLNK)
NewLink Genetics Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing immunotherapeutic products for cancer treatment. The Company’s portfolio includes biologic and small-molecule immunotherapy product candidates for a range of oncology indications. Its biologic product candidates are based on its HyperAcute immunotherapy technology platform, which is designed to stimulate the human immune system. Algenpantucel-L is its clinically advanced product candidate for patients with pancreatic cancer. Its additional HyperAcute cellular HyperAcute Cellular Immunotherapy product candidates in clinical development include tergenpumatucel-L and dorgenmeltucel-L for patients with advanced lung cancer and melanoma. It has two small-molecule product candidates in clinical development: GDC-0919 and indoximod. These product candidates are indoleamine-2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) pathway inhibitors and focus on breaking the immune system’s tolerance to cancer.