{"id":28249,"date":"2017-09-22T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=28249"},"modified":"2017-09-20T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T12:03:42","slug":"pharma-exit-msd-buys-rigontec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/28249\/pharma-exit-msd-buys-rigontec\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharma exit: MSD buys Rigontec"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>The American pharmaceutical company MSD with German headquarters in Haar near Munich takes over <a href=\"\/en\/ecosystem\/rigontec-gmbh\/\">Rigontec<\/a>Founded in 2014, <a href=\"\/en\/19098\/asked-at-the-izb\/\">IZB<\/a>-Company is working on a new approach to cancer immunotherapy. Their drug is still in clinical development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MSD will pay \u20ac115 million to Rigontec&#039;s shareholders through a subsidiary. If the company achieves specified milestones, further payments of up to \u20ac349 million will be due. The total purchase price will therefore be up to \u20ac464 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Eric Rubin<\/strong>, Vice President of Early Stage Development, Clinical Oncology, at MSD Research Laboratories says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are very interested in building on Rigontec\u2019s research findings to move closer to our goal of making relevant progress for cancer patients.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pioneers in immuno-oncology<\/h3>\n<p>Rigontec CEO <strong>Christian Schetter<\/strong> says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMSD is one of the pioneers in immuno-oncology, and we are delighted that our technology will now benefit from their experience and market-leading position.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Schetter further explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;We are confident that we are putting our program in good hands and that the MSD team will continue the work on our therapeutic solution, which we, with our scientific founders, brought to the clinic within just three years of our founding.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rigontec had previously raised almost 30 million euros from venture capitalists such as Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Forbion Capital Partners, High-Tech Gr\u00fcnderfonds, MP Healthcare Venture Management, NRW.BANK, Sunstone Capital and Wellington Partners Life Sciences.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American pharmaceutical company MSD, with its German headquarters in Haar near Munich, is acquiring Rigontec. Founded in 2014, the IZB company is working on a new approach to cancer immunotherapy. Its drug is still in clinical development. MSD will pay \u20ac115 million to Rigontec&#039;s shareholders through a subsidiary. 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