TriSalus Life Sciences Secures up to $50 million of Debt Financing with OrbiMed to Support TriNav® Infusion System Growth Initiatives
30 Aprile 2024 - 10:35PM
Business Wire
- $25 million funded at close; up to $25 million of additional
capital available at the Company’s option, based on the achievement
of certain revenue thresholds
- Capital from the transaction is expected to support execution
of strategic expansion and fuel continued growth
- Including the full funding of this facility, along with current
cash and cash equivalents on hand, the Company expects its cash
runway to extend through 2025
TriSalus Life Sciences Inc., (Nasdaq: TLSI), today announced the
closing of a debt financing facility for up to $50 million with
OrbiMed, a healthcare investment firm. The capital is expected to
provide financial flexibility to support the execution of strategic
expansion plans and fuel continued growth.
Under the terms of the Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”)
with OrbiMed, the Company borrowed $25 million at closing. In
addition, an aggregate of up to an additional $25 million is
available in two tranches at the Company’s option, based on the
achievement of certain revenue thresholds. The Credit Agreement has
a five-year term that matures in April 2029. In connection with the
funding of the closing amount, the Company also issued OrbiMed a
warrant to purchase 130,805 shares of the Company’s common stock,
with an exercise price of $9.5562. Including the full funding in
the Credit Agreement and current cash and cash equivalents on hand,
the Company expects its cash runway will extend through 2025.
“We are excited to be partnering with OrbiMed,” said Mary Szela,
Chief Executive Officer of TriSalus Life Sciences. “This
transaction provides us with the needed capital to execute
strategic growth initiatives for TriNav®, our Pressure Enabled Drug
Delivery™ (PEDD™) technology, which increases delivery of
therapeutics in liver and pancreatic tumors. Additionally, this
funding allows us to advance our technology pipeline as we continue
to transform our business. We believe this financing provides us
sufficient capital to reach break-even EBITDA for our TriNav
business in 2025 and reduces the near-term need of equity
financing.”
Matthew Rizzo, General Partner of OrbiMed, added, “We are
excited to support TriSalus Life Sciences as they pursue their
strategic objectives, providing them with the necessary capital for
financial flexibility, and enabling TriNav commercial and
technology pipeline expansion.”
TriSalus Life Sciences was represented in this transaction by
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., who served as sole placement agent and
Cooley LLP, who served as legal counsel. OrbiMed was represented in
this transaction by Covington & Burling LLP, who served as
legal counsel.
About TriSalus Life Sciences
TriSalus Life Sciences® is an oncology focused medical
technology business providing disruptive drug delivery technology
with the goal of improving therapeutics delivery to liver and
pancreatic tumors.
The Company’s platform includes devices that utilize a
proprietary drug delivery technology and a clinical stage
investigational immunotherapy. The Company’s two FDA-cleared
devices use its proprietary Pressure-Enabled Drug Delivery™ (PEDD™)
approach to deliver a range of therapeutics: the TriNav® Infusion
System for hepatic arterial infusion of liver tumors and the
Pancreatic Retrograde Venous Infusion System for pancreatic tumors.
PEDD is a novel delivery approach designed to address the anatomic
limitations of arterial infusion for the pancreas. The PEDD
approach modulates pressure and flow in a manner that delivers more
therapeutic to the tumor and is designed to reduce undesired
delivery to normal tissue, bringing the potential to improve
patient outcomes. Nelitolimod, the Company’s investigational
immunotherapeutic candidate, is designed to improve patient
outcomes by treating the immunosuppressive environment created by
many tumors and which can make current immunotherapies ineffective
in the liver and pancreas. Patient data generated during
Pressure-Enabled Regional Immuno-Oncology™ (PERIO) clinical trials
support the hypothesis that nelitolimod delivered via PEDD may have
favorable immune effects within the liver and systemically. The
target for nelitolimod, TLR9, is expressed across cancer types and
the mechanical barriers addressed by PEDD are commonly present as
well. Nelitolimod delivered by PEDD will be studied across several
indications in an effort to address immune dysfunction and overcome
drug delivery barriers in the liver and pancreas.
In partnership with leading cancer centers across the country –
and by leveraging deep Immuno-oncology expertise and inventive
technology development – TriSalus is committed to advancing
innovation that improves outcomes for patients. Learn more at
trisaluslifesci.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About OrbiMed
OrbiMed is a healthcare investment firm, with approximately $17
billion in assets under management. OrbiMed invests globally across
the healthcare industry through a range of private equity funds,
public equity funds, and royalty/credit funds. OrbiMed’s team of
over 100 professionals is based in New York City, San Francisco,
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, London, Herzliya and other key global
markets.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements made in this press release regarding matters that are
not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties,
actual results may differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward‐looking statements. Such statements
include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to achieve
the revenue milestones under the Credit Agreement, the availability
of future financing under the Agreement, the Company’s expectations
about its cash runway, the Company’s ability to fund its operations
without the need for additional equity financing through reaching
break-even EBITDA for its TriNav business in 2025, and the
expectation that the debt facility will enable the Company to
execute on its strategic expansion plans and fuel continued growth,
statements regarding the benefits and potential benefits of the
Company’s PEDD drug delivery technology and nelitolimod
investigational immunotherapy. Risks that could cause actual
results to differ from those expressed in these forward‐looking
statements include risks associated with clinical development and
regulatory approval of drug delivery and pharmaceutical product
candidates, including that future clinical results may not be
consistent with patient data generated during the Company’s
clinical trials, the cost and timing of all development activities
and clinical trials, unexpected safety and efficacy data observed
during clinical studies, changes in expected or existing
competition or market conditions, changes in the regulatory
environment, unexpected litigation or other disputes, the risks
associated with the Credit Agreement, including the Company’s
ability to remain in compliance with all its obligations thereunder
to avoid an event of default, the risk that the Company will
continue to raise capital through the issuance and sale of its
equity securities to fund its operations, the risk that the Company
will not be able to achieve the applicable revenue requirements to
access additional financing under the Credit Agreement, and other
risks described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2023, and other filings the Company makes
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward‐looking
statements contained in this press release speak only as of the
date on which they were made and are based on management’s
assumptions and estimates as of such date. The Company undertakes
no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that
occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were
made except as required by law.
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