Innoviva, Inc.
−Removed: (“Innoviva”, the “Company”, the “Registrant” or “we” and other similar pronouns) is a company with a core royalties portfolio, a leading critical care and infectious disease platform known as Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics (“IST”), and a portfolio of strategic investments in other healthcare assets.
+Added: (“Innoviva”, the “Company”, the “Registrant” or “we” and other similar pronouns) is a diversified biopharmaceutical company with a core royalties portfolio, a leading critical care and infectious disease platform known as Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics (“IST”), and a portfolio of strategic healthcare assets.
Our royalty portfolio contains respiratory assets partnered with Glaxo Group Limited (“GSK”), including RELVAR ® /BREO ® ELLIPTA ® (fluticasone furoate/vilanterol, “FF/VI”) and ANORO ® ELLIPTA ® (umeclidinium bromide/vilanterol, “UMEC/VI”).
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and royalties from the sales of ANORO ® ELLIPTA ® , which tier upward at a range from 6.5% to 10%.
−Removed: Our commercial and marketed products include GIAPREZA ® (angiotensin II), approved in the United States (“U.S.”) to increase blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock, and XERAVA ® (eravacycline) approved in the U.S.
−Removed: for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults.
−Removed: On May 23, 2023, XACDURO ® (formerly known as sulbactam-durlobactam or SUL-DUR), was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and we commenced commercial sales of XACDURO ® in the third quarter of 2023.
−Removed: On December 14, 2024, we entered into an exclusive distribution and license agreement with Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, Allschwil (SIX:
−Removed: BSLN) (“Basilea”) for the commercialization of ZEVTERA ® (ceftobiprole), an advanced-generation cephalosporin antibiotic, in the U.S.
−Removed: We continue our efforts to submit a New Drug Application (“NDA”) for zoliflodacin, a potential first in class, single dose oral drug for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea, to the U.S.
−Removed: FDA in early 2025.
−Removed: Overall, we have a wholly owned robust critical care and infectious disease operating platform with a hospital focus anchored by four differentiated products with significant growth potential and a promising drug candidate.
+Added: Our wholly owned, robust critical care and infectious disease operating platform with a hospital focus, is anchored by five differentiated approved, commercial and marketed products:
+Added: • GIAPREZA ® (angiotensin II) for increasing blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock;
+Added: • XACDURO ® (sulbactam for injection;
+Added: durlobactam for injection), co-packaged for intravenous use for the treatment of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter , commercially launched in 2023 ;
+Added: • XERAVA ® (eravacycline) for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults;
+Added: • ZEVTERA ® (ceftobiprole), an advanced-generation cephalosporin antibiotic for the treatment of staphylococcus aureus bacteremia , including those with right-sided endocarditis, acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, licensed from Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, Allschwil (SIX:
+Added: BSLN) (“Basilea”) for U.S.
+Added: commercialization and commercially launched in the third quarter of 2025;
+Added: • NUZOLVENCE ® (formerly known as zoliflodacin), approved by the FDA on December 12, 2025, for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea in adults and adolescents.
In addition, we own other strategic healthcare assets, such as a significant stake in Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in development of bacteriophages with potential use across a range of infectious and other serious diseases.
−Removed: We also have economic interests in other healthcare companies.
−Removed: Our focus on capital allocation and shareholder value maximization has led our company to a meaningful transformation over the last two years.
−Removed: In 2022, our financials contained royalty revenues from TRELEGY ® ELLIPTA ® which was divested mid-year in an economically accretive transaction.
−Removed: Additionally, our acquisition and integration of operating companies, Entasis Therapeutics Holding Inc.
−Removed: (“Entasis”) and La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (“La Jolla”), and advancement of our therapeutics portfolio further changed the structure of our financials compared to prior years.
−Removed: Through these changes, we believe we are well-positioned to create significant long-term shareholder value.
+Added: We also have economic interests in other healthcare companies through our portfolio approach.
+Added: Our disciplined focus on deploying capital in areas of significant unmet medical need with high value creation potential has driven a meaningful transformation of our company over the years from a pure-play royalty business to a diversified biopharmaceutical company with a strong, fast-growing, differentiated operating platform and multiple other assets with significant promise.
+Added: We believe we are well-positioned to deliver significant long-term shareholder value.
Our headquarters are located at 1350 Old Bayshore Highway, Suite 400, Burlingame, CA 94010.
−Removed: The Company was incorporated in Delaware in November 1996 under the name Advanced Medicine, Inc., and began operations in May 1997.
−Removed: It later changed its name to Theravance, Inc.
−Removed: in April 2002, and rebranded, changing its name to Innoviva, Inc.
+Added: The Company was incorporated in Delaware in November 1996 and commenced operations in May 1997 under Advanced Medicine, Inc.
+Added: The Company changed its name to Theravance, Inc.
+Added: in April 2002 and to Innoviva, Inc.
in January 2016.
−Removed: Our corporate strategy is currently focused on increasing stockholder value by, among other things, maximizing the potential value of our respiratory assets partnered with GSK, creating value through our critical care and infectious disease platform, optimizing our operations, and augmenting capital allocation.
−Removed: We continue to diversify our royalty management business through actively pursuing opportunistic acquisitions of promising companies and assets in the healthcare industry and enhancing the returns on our capital.
+Added: Our corporate strategy is currently focused on increasing shareholder value by, among other things, maximizing the potential value of our respiratory assets partnered with GSK, growing our critical care and infectious disease platform, efficiently allocating capital, and optimizing our operations.
+Added: We continue to diversify our royalty management business by actively pursuing opportunistic investments in, and acquisitions of, promising assets in the healthcare industry to enhance the returns on our capital.
Our Royalty Product Portfolio
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All of these efforts represent potential competition for any of our partnered products.
−Removed: Efforts have intensified following the publication of FDA draft guidance for the approval of fully substitutable versions of Advair and Symbicort in late 2013 and mid-2015, respectively.
In general, these manufacturers are required to conduct a number of clinical efficacy, pharmacokinetic and device studies to demonstrate equivalence to branded products already approved by the FDA.
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Thus, after the introduction of a generic competitor, a significant percentage of the sales of any branded product and products that may compete with such branded product is typically lost to the generic product.
−Removed: In addition, in April 2016, the FDA issued a draft guidance document covering Fluticasone Furoate/Vilanterol Trifenatate (FF/VI), the active ingredients used in RELVAR ® /BREO ® ELLIPTA ® .
+Added: In April 2016, the FDA issued a draft guidance document covering Fluticasone Furoate/Vilanterole Trinenatate (FF/VI), the active ingredients used in RELVAR ® /BREO ® ELLIPTA ® .
+Added: In March 2020, the FDA issued a draft guidance on Umeclidinium Bromide/Vilanterol Trifenatate (UMEC/VI), the active ingredients used in ANORO ® ELLIPTA ® .
Our Integrated Critical Care / Infectious Disease Assets
Commercial and Marketed Products
−Removed: Our critical care and infectious disease portfolio was formed through the 2022 acquisitions of Entasis and La Jolla, which we have continued to grow through our license agreement with Basilea.
−Removed: It comprises four differentiated commercial stage products and a pipeline.
−Removed: The following table summarizes our commercial and marketed products:
+Added: Our critical care and infectious disease portfolio was formed through the 2022 acquisitions of Entasis Therapeutics and La Jolla Pharmaceutical, and we have continued to grow it through our license agreement with Basilea.
+Added: The portfolio comprises five differentiated commercial stage products.
+Added: The following table summarizes our marketed products:
+Added: Pivotal Studies (1)
+Added: Regulatory Status
+Added: GIAPREZA ® (angiotensin II)
+Added: Septic or other distributive shock (2)
+Added: 321-patient, multinational, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study
+Added: FDA approval Dec 2017
+Added: European Commission approval Aug 2019
+Added: UK authorization (post-Brexit) Jan 2021
+Added: XACDURO ® (sulbactam for injection;
+Added: durlobactam for injection), co-packaged for intravenous use
+Added: HABP/VABP caused by susceptible isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (6)
+Added: 177-patient, active-controlled, investigator-unblinded, independent assessor-blinded, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial
+Added: FDA approval May 2023
+Added: China approval May 2024
+Added: XERAVA ® (eravacycline)
+Added: Complicated intra-abdominal infections (3, 4, 5)
+Added: 446-patient, multi-national, double-blind, randomized, active-controlled study
+Added: 400-patient, multi-national, double-blind, randomized, active-controlled study
+Added: FDA approval Aug 2018
+Added: European Commission approval Sep 2018
+Added: Singapore approval Apr 2020
+Added: UK authorization (post-Brexit) Jan 2021
+Added: China approval Mar 2022
+Added: Hong Kong approval Aug 2022
+Added: Taiwan approval Sept 2023
+Added: ZEVTERA ® (ceftobiprole)
+Added: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection, acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, community-acquired pneumonia (8, 9)
+Added: 390-patient randomized, controlled, double-blind, multinational, multicenter trial
+Added: 679-patient randomized, controlled, double-blind, multinational, multicenter trial
+Added: 638-patient randomized, controlled, double-blind, multinational, multicenter study
+Added: FDA approval April 2024
+Added: NUZOLVENCE ® (zoliflodacin)
+Added: Uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae (7)
+Added: 930-patient randomized, controlled, open-label, multinational, non-inferiority phase 3 trial
+Added: FDA approval Dec 2025
and European approval.
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XACDURO is a co-packaged product containing sulbactam, a beta-lactam antibacterial and beta lactamase inhibitor, and durlobactam, a beta lactamase inhibitor, indicated in patients 18 years of age and older for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP), caused by susceptible isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex.
+Added: NUZOLVENCE is a spiropyrimidinetrione bacterial type II topoisomerase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older, weighing at least 35 kg.
ZEVTERA is a cephalosporin antibacterial indicated for the treatment of:
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(2) Including arterial and venous thrombotic events
−Removed: XERAVA ® (eravacycline)
−Removed: XERAVA ® (eravacycline) for injection is approved by the U.S.
−Removed: FDA and Singapore Health Sciences Authority (“HSA”) as a tetracycline class antibacterial indicated for the treatment of cIAI due to susceptible microorganisms in patients 18 years of age and older.
−Removed: XERAVA is approved by the EC, MHRA, and the Hong Kong Department of Health (“DoH”) for the treatment of cIAI in adults.
−Removed: XERAVA is marketed in the U.S.
−Removed: by our wholly owned subsidiary, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
−Removed: (“Tetraphase”), and is marketed in Europe and Great Britain by PAION on behalf of Tetraphase and is marketed in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Singapore, the Malaysian Federation, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Republic of Indonesia, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of the Philippines by Everest Medicines Limited (“Everest”).
−Removed: cIAIs are the second most common source of severe sepsis in the ICU cIAIs are defined as consequences of perforations of the gastrointestinal tract that result in contamination of the peritoneal space.
−Removed: In July 2024, XERAVA ® was named as a recommended agent for empiric therapy in the updated 2024 SIS treatment guidelines for the management of complicated intra-abdominal infections.
−Removed: SIS also recommended XERAVA ® be reserved for high-risk patients.
−Removed: Investigating Gram-negative Infections Treated with Eravacycline (“IGNITE”)
−Removed: XERAVA was approved by the U.S.
−Removed: FDA, HSA, EC, MHRA, and DoH based on the results of IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, which were published in JAMA Surgery in March 2017 and Clinical Infectious Diseases in December 2018, respectively.
−Removed: IGNITE1 was a multinational, randomized, double-blind, active-controlled study in 538 patients with clinical evidence of cIAIs requiring urgent surgical or percutaneous intervention who received either XERAVA or ertapenem.
−Removed: The primary endpoint was clinical cure, defined as complete resolution or significant improvement of signs or symptoms of the index infection, at the test of cure (“TOC”) visit.
−Removed: The TOC visit was conducted 25 to 31 calendar days after the first dose of the study drug was administered.
−Removed: IGNITE4 was a multinational, randomized, double-blind, active controlled study in 499 patients with clinical evidence of cIAIs requiring urgent surgical or percutaneous intervention who received either XERAVA or meropenem.
−Removed: The primary endpoint was clinical cure, defined as complete resolution or significant improvement of signs or symptoms of the index infection, at the TOC visit.
−Removed: The TOC visit was conducted 25 to 31 calendar days after the first dose of the study drug was administered.
−Removed: IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 Study Design
−Removed: (1) Solomkin et al, JAMA Surgery 2017;
−Removed: 152(3):224-232
−Removed: (2) Solomkin et al, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018;
−Removed: (3) TOC visit was conducted 25 to 31 calendar days after the first dose of the study drug was administered
−Removed: XERAVA demonstrated statistical noninferiority in clinical cure rate in the micro-ITT population, which included all randomized subjects who had baseline bacterial pathogens that caused cIAIs and against at least one of which the investigational drug has in vitro (in a test tube) antibacterial activity (N=846).
−Removed: IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 Primary Endpoint Results (1)
−Removed: (1) Charts, graphs and tables derived from FDA prescribing information
−Removed: (2) Noninferiority margins of 10% and 12.5% were used for IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, respectively
−Removed: Clinical cure rates across patients with gram-negative, gram-positive and anaerobic pathogens, including those with resistant strains, are shown in the following tables.
−Removed: Clinical Cure Rates at TOC by Selected Baseline Pathogens in the Micro-ITT Population (1)
−Removed: N=Number of subjects in the micro-ITT Population;
−Removed: N1=Number of subjects with a specific pathogen;
−Removed: n=Number of subjects with a clinical cure at the TOC visit
−Removed: (1) Charts, graphs and tables derived from FDA prescribing information
−Removed: (2) Comparators included ertapenem and meropenem for IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, respectively
−Removed: (3) Includes Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus intermedius
−Removed: (4) Includes Bacteroides caccae, Bacteroides fragilis, Bacteroides ovatus, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Bacteroides uniformis, Bacteroides vulgatus, Clostridium perfringens, and Parabacteroides distasonis
−Removed: The most common adverse reactions that were reported in XERAVA-treated patients in IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 were infusion site reactions.
−Removed: Selected Adverse Reactions Reported in ≥1% of Patients Receiving XERAVA (1)
−Removed: (1) Charts, graphs and tables derived from FDA prescribing information
−Removed: (2) Comparators included ertapenem and meropenem for IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, respectively
−Removed: (3) Infusion site reactions include:
−Removed: catheter/vessel puncture site pain, infusion site extravasation, infusion site hypoaesthesia, infusion/injection site phlebitis, infusion site thrombosis, injection site/vessel puncture site erythema, phlebitis, phlebitis superficial, thrombophlebitis, and vessel puncture site swelling
XACDURO ® (sulbactam for injection;
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+Added: XERAVA ® (eravacycline)
+Added: XERAVA ® (eravacycline) for injection is approved by the U.S.
+Added: FDA and Singapore Health Sciences Authority (“HSA”) as a tetracycline class antibacterial indicated for the treatment of cIAI due to susceptible microorganisms in patients 18 years of age and older.
+Added: XERAVA ® is approved by the EC, MHRA, and the Hong Kong Department of Health (“DoH”) for the treatment of cIAI in adults.
+Added: XERAVA ® is marketed in the U.S.
+Added: by our wholly owned subsidiary, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: (“Tetraphase”), and is marketed in Europe and Great Britain by PAION on behalf of Tetraphase and is marketed in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Singapore, the Malaysian Federation, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Republic of Indonesia, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of the Philippines by Everest Medicines Limited (“Everest”).
+Added: cIAIs are the second most common source of severe sepsis in the ICU.
+Added: cIAIs are defined as consequences of perforations of the gastrointestinal tract that result in contamination of the peritoneal space.
+Added: In July 2024, XERAVA ® was named as a recommended agent for empiric therapy in the updated 2024 SIS treatment guidelines for the management of complicated intra-abdominal infections.
+Added: SIS also recommended XERAVA ® be reserved for high-risk patients.
+Added: Investigating Gram-negative Infections Treated with Eravacycline (“IGNITE”)
+Added: XERAVA ® was approved by the U.S.
+Added: FDA, HSA, EC, MHRA, and DoH based on the results of IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, which were published in JAMA Surgery in March 2017 and Clinical Infectious Diseases in December 2018, respectively.
+Added: IGNITE1 was a multinational, randomized, double-blind, active-controlled study in 538 patients with clinical evidence of cIAIs requiring urgent surgical or percutaneous intervention who received either XERAVA ® or ertapenem.
+Added: The primary endpoint was clinical cure, defined as complete resolution or significant improvement of signs or symptoms of the index infection, at the test of cure (“TOC”) visit.
+Added: The TOC visit was conducted 25 to 31 calendar days after the first dose of the study drug was administered.
+Added: IGNITE4 was a multinational, randomized, double-blind, active controlled study in 499 patients with clinical evidence of cIAIs requiring urgent surgical or percutaneous intervention who received either XERAVA ® or meropenem.
+Added: The primary endpoint was clinical cure, defined as complete resolution or significant improvement of signs or symptoms of the index infection, at the TOC visit.
+Added: The TOC visit was conducted 25 to 31 calendar days after the first dose of the study drug was administered.
+Added: IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 Study Design
+Added: (1) Solomkin et al, JAMA Surgery 2017;
+Added: 152(3):224-232
+Added: (2) Solomkin et al, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018;
+Added: (3) TOC visit was conducted 25 to 31 calendar days after the first dose of the study drug was administered
+Added: XERAVA ® demonstrated statistical noninferiority in clinical cure rate in the micro-ITT population, which included all randomized subjects who had baseline bacterial pathogens that caused cIAIs and against at least one of which the investigational drug has in vitro (in a test tube) antibacterial activity (N=846).
+Added: IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 Primary Endpoint Results (1)
+Added: (1) Charts, graphs and tables derived from FDA prescribing information
+Added: (2) Noninferiority margins of 10% and 12.5% were used for IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, respectively
+Added: Clinical cure rates across patients with gram-negative, gram-positive and anaerobic pathogens, including those with resistant strains, are shown in the following tables.
+Added: Clinical Cure Rates at TOC by Selected Baseline Pathogens in the Micro-ITT Population (1)
+Added: N=Number of subjects in the micro-ITT Population;
+Added: N1=Number of subjects with a specific pathogen;
+Added: n=Number of subjects with a clinical cure at the TOC visit
+Added: (1) Charts, graphs and tables derived from FDA prescribing information
+Added: (2) Comparators included ertapenem and meropenem for IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, respectively
+Added: (3) Includes Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus intermedius
+Added: (4) Includes Bacteroides caccae, Bacteroides fragilis, Bacteroides ovatus, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Bacteroides uniformis, Bacteroides vulgatus, Clostridium perfringens, and Parabacteroides distasonis
+Added: The most common adverse reactions that were reported in XERAVA ® -treated patients in IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 were infusion site reactions.
+Added: Selected Adverse Reactions Reported in ≥1% of Patients Receiving XERAVA ® (1)
+Added: (1) Charts, graphs and tables derived from FDA prescribing information
+Added: (2) Comparators included ertapenem and meropenem for IGNITE1 and IGNITE4, respectively
+Added: (3) Infusion site reactions include:
+Added: catheter/vessel puncture site pain, infusion site extravasation, infusion site hypoaesthesia, infusion/injection site phlebitis, infusion site thrombosis, injection site/vessel puncture site erythema, phlebitis, phlebitis superficial, thrombophlebitis, and vessel puncture site swelling
ZEVTERA ® (ceftobiprole) was approved by the U.S.
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if certain targets are met.
−Removed: We anticipate commercializing ZEVTERA ® in mid-year 2025.
+Added: We commercially launched ZEVTERA ® in the U.S.
+Added: in the third quarter of 2025.
The efficacy of ZEVTERA ® in the treatment of adult patients with SAB, including right-sided infective endocarditis, was demonstrated in a randomized, controlled, double-blind, multinational, multicenter trial (NCT03138733).
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The results for clinical cure at the test-of-cure visit at Day 7 to 14 after end of treatment are shown below:
−Removed: GIAPREZA ® competes with catecholamines (primarily norepinephrine), which are available as generics and inexpensive and typically used first line to treat distributive shock, and vasopressin, including Vasostrict ® (Endo International plc) and vasopressin generic drugs, which are typically used hsecond line.
−Removed: In the randomized, Phase 3 study ATHOS-3, GIAPREZA ® demonstrated clinical benefit in patients who were not adequately responding to available vasopressors, including catecholamines and vasopressin.
−Removed: GIAPREZA ® ’s principal competition as a treatment in patients not adequately responding to available vasopressors is the use of these same vasopressors at increased doses.
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for GIAPREZA ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
−Removed: XERAVA ® competes with a number of antibiotics that are currently marketed for the treatment of cIAI and other multidrug resistant infections, including:
−Removed: AVYCAZ (ceftazidime and avibactam, marketed by AbbVie Inc.);
−Removed: MERREM IV ® (meropenem, marketed by AstraZeneca PLC);
−Removed: PRIMAXIN ® (imipenem and cilastatin, marketed by Merck & Co., Inc.);
−Removed: RECARBRIO (imipenem, cilastatin, and relebactam, marketed by Merck & Co., Inc.);
−Removed: TYGACIL ® (tigecycline, marketed by Pfizer Inc.);
−Removed: VABOMERE (meropenem and vaborbactam, marketed by Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.);
−Removed: ZERBAXA ® (ceftolozane and tazobactam, marketed by Merck & Co., Inc.);
−Removed: ZOSYN ® (piperacillin and tazobactam, marketed by Pfizer Inc.);
−Removed: and current and future generic versions of marketed antibiotics.
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for XERAVA ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
−Removed: XACDURO ® competes with a number of antibiotics that are used to treat carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter infections in the absence of other products indicated for these infections, including:
−Removed: FETROJA ® (cefiderocol, marketed by Shionogi & Co., Ltd.), UNASYN ® (ampicillin and sulbactam, marketed by Pfizer Inc.), colistin (polymyxin E), and other current and future generic versions of marketed antibiotics.
−Removed: There are at least two additional early-stage clinical programs developing investigational therapies for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infections.
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for XACDURO ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
−Removed: ZEVTERA ® competes with a wide range of generic and branded antibiotics that are used to treat the various infection types for which it is indicated, including:
−Removed: vancomycin, daptomycin, TEFLARO ® (ceftaroline, marketed by Allergan Sales, LLC).
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for ZEVTERA ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
−Removed: Regulatory Exclusivity
−Removed: GIAPREZA ® , XERAVA ® and XACDURO ® are New Chemical Entities (“NCEs”) approved by the U.S.
−Removed: In the U.S., NCEs approved by the FDA are eligible for market exclusivity under the U.S.
−Removed: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”), which can prevent the approval of generic versions of the NCE for 5 to 7.5 years from the date of the initial approval of the NCE.
−Removed: Specifically, the FDCA provides a 5-year period of marketing exclusivity within the U.S.
−Removed: to the applicant that gains approval of an NDA for an NCE.
−Removed: A drug is an NCE if the FDA has not previously approved any other new drug containing the same active moiety, which is the molecule or ion responsible for the action of the drug substance.
−Removed: During the exclusivity period, the FDA may not accept for review an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) or a 505(b)(2) NDA submitted by another company for another version of such drug where the applicant does not own or have a legal right of reference to all of the data required for approval.
−Removed: However, an application may be submitted 4 years after the NDA approval of the NCE if it contains a certification of patent invalidity or non-infringement.
−Removed: Should the NDA holder commence litigation against the ANDA filer within 45 days of receipt of the certification notice, an automatic stay of the approval of any generic competition goes into effect until the earlier of:
−Removed: (i) 30 months from the receipt of the certification;
−Removed: or (ii) a court ruling of patent invalidity or non-infringement for the relevant patents.
−Removed: In the absence of a court ruling, the 30-month stay will be extended by such amount of time (if any) that is required for 7.5 years to have elapsed from the date of NDA approval of the NCE.
−Removed: ZEVTERA ® was provided ten years of market exclusivity by the FDA from the date of its approval in April 2024.
−Removed: On February 15, 2022, La Jolla received a paragraph IV notice of certification (the “Notice Letter”) from Gland Pharma Limited (“Gland”) advising that Gland had submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) to the FDA seeking approval to manufacture, use or sell a generic version of GIAPREZA ® in the U.S.
−Removed: prior to the expiration of U.S.
−Removed: and 11,219,662 (the “GIAPREZA ® Patents”), which are listed in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (the “Orange Book”).
−Removed: The Notice Letter alleges that the GIAPREZA ® Patents are invalid, unenforceable and/or will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use or sale of the generic product described in Gland’s ANDA.
−Removed: On March 29, 2022, La Jolla filed a complaint for patent infringement of the GIAPREZA ® Patents against Gland and certain related entities in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in response to Gland’s ANDA filing.
−Removed: In accordance with the Hatch-Waxman Act, because GIAPREZA ® is a new chemical entity and La Jolla filed a complaint for patent infringement within 45 days of receipt of the Notice Letter, the FDA cannot approve Gland’s ANDA any earlier than 7.5 years from the approval of the GIAPREZA ® NDA unless the District Court finds that all of the asserted claims of the patents-in-suit are invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed.
−Removed: On February 22, 2023, La Jolla received a paragraph IV notice of certification (the “Second Notice Letter”) from Gland advising that Gland had amended its ANDA filing to include a paragraph IV certification alleging that all claims of the newly-issued and Orange Book-listed U.S.
−Removed: 11,559,559 (“the ’559 Patent”), which covers GIAPREZA ® , are invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed.
−Removed: On March 22, 2023, La Jolla filed a First Amended Complaint in this litigation adding Gland’s marketing and distribution partners for its ANDA angiotensin II product, Fresenius Kabi USA LLC and Fresenius Kabi SwissBiosim GmbH (collectively, the “Fresenius Kabi Defendants”), as co-defendants.
−Removed: On April 7, 2023, La Jolla filed a Second Amended Complaint in response to the Second Notice Letter, adding claims that the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale, or import of Gland’s ANDA angiotensin II product will infringe the ’559 Patent.
−Removed: On November 14, 2023, La Jolla filed a Third Amended Complaint adding additional infringement claims against the Fresenius Kabi Defendants.
−Removed: On February 18, 2025, La Jolla, as well as The George Washington University (collectively, with the La Jolla entities, the “Plaintiffs”) entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Gland and the Fresenius Kabi Defendants (collectively, “Defendants”) resolving the Hatch-Waxman Act concerning Gland’s ANDA filing.
−Removed: Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Plaintiffs granted Defendants a perpetual, royalty-free and fully paid-up, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable right and license solely to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and/or distribute the product that is subject to Gland’s ANDA in the United States commencing in the early 2030s, subject to certain exceptions as is customary in these type of agreements.
−Removed: As required by law, the settlement is subject to review by the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.
−Removed: Under the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (“GAIN”) provisions of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (“FDASIA”), the FDA may designate a product as a qualified infectious disease product (“QIDP”).
−Removed: In order to receive this designation, a drug must qualify as an antibacterial or antifungal drug for human use intended to treat serious or life-threatening infections.
−Removed: We obtained a QIDP designation for the IV formulation of XERAVA ® for cIAI in July 2013.
−Removed: Upon approving an application for a QIDP, the FDA will extend by an additional 5 years any non-patent marketing exclusivity period awarded, such as a 5-year exclusivity period awarded for an NCE.
−Removed: This extension is in addition to any pediatric exclusivity extension awarded.
−Removed: XERAVA ® has been awarded this 5-year exclusivity under FDASIA.
−Removed: The following table summarizes the status of our primary product candidate:
−Removed: (1) Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (“GARDP”) fully funded the Phase 3 clinical trial and pharmaceutical development activities and has commercial rights in WHO defined low-income and specified middle-income countries.
−Removed: We have retained commercial rights in major markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific
−Removed: Zoliflodacin is a late-stage product candidate, a potential single oral dose cure for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea caused by the bacterial pathogen N.
+Added: NUZOLVENCE ® (zoliflodacin) was approved by the U.S.
+Added: FDA on December 12, 2025 as a single oral dose cure for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea caused by the bacterial pathogen N.
gonorrhoeae .
−Removed: Gonorrhea is an area of significant medical need and zoliflodacin is the only novel single dose treatment in development that provides a potential monotherapy oral alternative to intramuscular injections of ceftriaxone for the treatment of gonorrhea, including infections caused by drug-resistant strains.
−Removed: Zoliflodacin targets the validated mechanism of action of the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics but does so in a novel manner to avoid existing fluoroquinolone resistance.
+Added: Gonorrhea is an area of significant medical need and NUZOLVENCE ® is the only approved novel single dose treatment that provides monotherapy oral alternative to intramuscular injections of ceftriaxone for the treatment of gonorrhea, including infections caused by drug-resistant strains.
+Added: NUZOLVENCE ® targets the validated mechanism of action of the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics but does so in a novel manner to avoid existing fluoroquinolone resistance.
In November 2023, we reported positive top-line data results of a pivotal Phase 3 trial.
−Removed: The study demonstrated statistical non-inferiority of microbiological cure at the urogenital site when compared to treatment with intramuscular infection of ceftriaxone and oral azithromycin, a current global standard of care regimen.
−Removed: We continue to advance zoliflodacin following its successful Phase 3 clinical trial results and expect to submit an NDA to the U.S.
−Removed: FDA in early 2025.
+Added: The study demonstrated statistical non-inferiority of microbiological cure at the urogenital site when compared to treatment with intramuscular injection of ceftriaxone and oral azithromycin, a current global standard of care regimen.
This trial was initiated in 2019 in collaboration with GARDP, who funded all the Phase 3 clinical trial and pharmaceutical development costs and in return received commercial rights for zoliflodacin in WHO-defined low-income and select middle-income countries.
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Ceftriaxone is administered by intramuscular injection, which can be painful and may require patient monitoring by a healthcare administrator.
−Removed: Although ceftriaxone remains effective in most of the U.S., in Hawaii and Massachusetts as well as in several countries, including China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, France and Spain, N.
−Removed: gonorrhoeae strains with resistance to azithromycin and ceftriaxone have been reported, prompting concerns that multidrug-resistant gonorrhea may become a major community health issue.
+Added: Although ceftriaxone remains effective in most of the U.S., in Hawaii and Massachusetts, N.
+Added: gonorrhoeae strains with resistance to azithromycin and ceftriaxone have been reported, and high numbers of resistant strains are now prevalent in many countries across the globe, prompting concerns that multidrug-resistant gonorrhea may become a major community health issue.
Market Opportunity
gonorrhoeae is an immediate global public health threat with 82.4 million cases worldwide in 2020 (WHO estimate).
−Removed: Cases of gonorrhea in the United States have reached an estimated 1.6 million per year.
−Removed: The CDC estimates that the cases of gonorrhea in the United States have been increasing at least 10% per year since 2009.
+Added: Cases of gonorrhea in the United States are estimated at more than one million per year.
The results of a 2017-2018 survey of countries reporting decreased susceptibility, DS, or resistance, R, of N.
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Non inferiority of zoliflodacin was demonstrated within the pre-specified margin of 12% and, furthermore, within the margin of 10% as specified in U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration guidance.
+Added: FDA guidance.
Phase 3 trial design
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Phase 2 clinical proof-of-concept trial:
−Removed: We have completed a multi-center, randomized, open-label Phase 2 clinical trial comparing a single oral dose of 2.0g or 3.0g of zoliflodacin to 500mg intramuscular ceftriaxone for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea.
+Added: We completed a multi-center, randomized, open-label Phase 2 clinical trial comparing a single oral dose of 2.0g or 3.0g of zoliflodacin to 500mg intramuscular ceftriaxone for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea.
In this trial, 179 randomized patients received treatment and zoliflodacin was generally well tolerated, with efficacy outcomes comparable to ceftriaxone.
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Preclinical Data
−Removed: We have generated biochemical, microbiological and in vivo data on zoliflodacin.
+Added: We generated biochemical, microbiological and in vivo data on zoliflodacin.
The data suggest that zoliflodacin retains potent activity against contemporary clinical isolates in the U.S., Europe, China, Thailand and South Africa that are resistant to other antibiotic classes including fluroquinolones, which was expected given its novel mechanism of action.
In addition, the data show significant resistance against two of the four standard antibiotics indicated for gonorrhea, ciprofloxacin, a fluoroquinolone, and azithromycin, a macrolide.
−Removed: We are initially developing zoliflodacin as a single oral dose treatment for uncomplicated gonorrhea.
+Added: GIAPREZA ® competes with catecholamines (primarily norepinephrine), which are available as generics and inexpensive and typically used first line to treat distributive shock, and vasopressin, including Vasostrict ® (Endo International plc) and vasopressin generic drugs, which are typically used second line.
+Added: In the randomized, Phase 3 study ATHOS-3, GIAPREZA ® demonstrated clinical benefit in patients who were not adequately responding to available vasopressors, including catecholamines and vasopressin.
+Added: GIAPREZA ® ’s principal competition as a treatment in patients not adequately responding to available vasopressors is the use of these same vasopressors at increased doses.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for GIAPREZA ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
+Added: XERAVA ® competes with a number of antibiotics that are currently marketed for the treatment of cIAI and other multidrug resistant infections, including:
+Added: AVYCAZ (ceftazidime and avibactam, marketed by AbbVie Inc.);
+Added: MERREM IV ® (meropenem, marketed by AstraZeneca PLC);
+Added: PRIMAXIN ® (imipenem and cilastatin, marketed by Merck & Co., Inc.);
+Added: RECARBRIO (imipenem, cilastatin, and relebactam, marketed by Merck & Co., Inc.);
+Added: TYGACIL ® (tigecycline, marketed by Pfizer Inc.);
+Added: VABOMERE (meropenem and vaborbactam, marketed by Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.);
+Added: ZERBAXA ® (ceftolozane and tazobactam, marketed by Merck & Co., Inc.);
+Added: ZOSYN ® (piperacillin and tazobactam, marketed by Pfizer Inc.);
+Added: and current and future generic versions of marketed antibiotics.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for XERAVA ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
+Added: XACDURO ® competes with a number of antibiotics that are used to treat carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter infections in the absence of other products indicated for these infections, including:
+Added: FETROJA ® (cefiderocol, marketed by Shionogi & Co., Ltd.), UNASYN ® (ampicillin and sulbactam, marketed by Pfizer Inc.), colistin (polymyxin E), and other current and future generic versions of marketed antibiotics.
+Added: There are at least two additional early-stage clinical programs developing investigational therapies for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infections.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for XACDURO ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
+Added: NUZOLVENCE ® is a single oral dose treatment for uncomplicated gonorrhea.
Gonorrhea is commonly treated with 500mg intramuscular ceftriaxone, a generically available agent.
Additional generic cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones are also prescribed but not recommended as primary treatment options given current resistance rates.
−Removed: Gepotidacin, currently under development for a variety of infections by GlaxoSmithKline plc, is the only potentially competitive product candidate in late-stage clinical development that we are aware of that is being developed for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea.
−Removed: A Phase 3 clinical trial (EAGLE-1) was initiated by GlaxoSmithKline in October 2019.
−Removed: A prior Phase 2 clinical trial revealed the emergence of resistance to gepotidacin in 2 urogenital microbiological failures following administration of a single oral dose.
−Removed: In an attempt to overcome this resistance, gepotidacin will be given in two oral doses in the EAGLE-1 clinical trial;
−Removed: a 4-tablet 3000 milligram (mg) oral dose at the study site followed by another 4-tablet 3000mg oral dose as an outpatient.
+Added: BLUJEPA ® (gepotidacin), developed by GlaxoSmithKline plc and approved by the U.S FDA on December 11, 2025, is the only competitive product for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea that we are aware of.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for NUZOLVENCE ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
+Added: ZEVTERA ® competes with a wide range of generic and branded antibiotics that are used to treat the various infection types for which it is indicated, including:
+Added: vancomycin, daptomycin, TEFLARO ® (ceftaroline, marketed by Allergan Sales, LLC).
+Added: If we are unable to successfully change treatment practices, the commercial prospects for ZEVTERA ® will be limited, and our business may suffer.
+Added: Regulatory Exclusivity
+Added: GIAPREZA ® , XACDURO ® , XERAVA ® , ZEVTERA ® and NUZOLVENCE ® are New Chemical Entities (“NCEs”) approved by the U.S.
+Added: In the U.S., NCEs approved by the FDA are eligible for market exclusivity under the U.S.
+Added: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”), which can prevent the approval of generic versions of the NCE for 5 to 7.5 years from the date of the initial approval of the NCE.
+Added: Specifically, the FDCA provides a 5-year period of marketing exclusivity within the U.S.
+Added: to the applicant that gains approval of an NDA for an NCE.
+Added: A drug is an NCE if the FDA has not previously approved any other new drug containing the same active moiety, which is the molecule or ion responsible for the action of the drug substance.
+Added: During the exclusivity period, the FDA may not accept for review an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) or a 505(b)(2) NDA submitted by another company for another version of such drug where the applicant does not own or have a legal right of reference to all of the data required for approval.
+Added: However, an application may be submitted 4 years after the NDA approval of the NCE if it contains a certification of patent invalidity or non-infringement.
+Added: Should the NDA holder commence litigation against the ANDA filer within 45 days of receipt of the certification notice, an automatic stay of the approval of any generic competition goes into effect until the earlier of:
+Added: (i) 30 months from the receipt of the certification;
+Added: or (ii) a court ruling of patent invalidity or non-infringement for the relevant patents.
+Added: In the absence of a court ruling, the 30-month stay will be extended by such amount of time (if any) that is required for 7.5 years to have elapsed from the date of NDA approval of the NCE.
+Added: ZEVTERA ® and NUZOLVENCE ® were each provided ten years of market exclusivity by the FDA from the date of approval in April 2024 and December 2025, respectively.
+Added: On February 15, 2022, La Jolla received a paragraph IV notice of certification (the “Notice Letter”) from Gland Pharma Limited (“Gland”) advising that Gland had submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) to the FDA seeking approval to manufacture, use or sell a generic version of GIAPREZA ® in the U.S.
+Added: prior to the expiration of U.S.
+Added: and 11,219,662 (the “GIAPREZA ® Patents”), which are listed in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (the “Orange Book”).
+Added: The Notice Letter alleges that the GIAPREZA ® Patents are invalid, unenforceable and/or will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use or sale of the generic product described in Gland’s ANDA.
+Added: On March 29, 2022, La Jolla filed a complaint for patent infringement of the GIAPREZA ® Patents against Gland and certain related entities in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in response to Gland’s ANDA filing.
+Added: In accordance with the Hatch-Waxman Act, because GIAPREZA ® is a new chemical entity and La Jolla filed a complaint for patent infringement within 45 days of receipt of the Notice Letter, the FDA cannot approve Gland’s ANDA any earlier than 7.5 years from the approval of the GIAPREZA ® NDA unless the District Court finds that all of the asserted claims of the patents-in-suit are invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed.
+Added: On February 22, 2023, La Jolla received a paragraph IV notice of certification (the “Second Notice Letter”) from Gland advising that Gland had amended its ANDA filing to include a paragraph IV certification alleging that all claims of the newly-issued and Orange Book-listed U.S.
+Added: 11,559,559 (“the ’559 Patent”), which covers GIAPREZA ® , are invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed.
+Added: On March 22, 2023, La Jolla filed a First Amended Complaint in this litigation adding Gland’s marketing and distribution partners for its ANDA angiotensin II product, Fresenius Kabi USA LLC and Fresenius Kabi SwissBiosim GmbH (collectively, the “Fresenius Kabi Defendants”), as co-defendants.
+Added: On April 7, 2023, La Jolla filed a Second Amended Complaint in response to the Second Notice Letter, adding claims that the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale, or import of Gland’s ANDA angiotensin II product will infringe the ’559 Patent.
+Added: On November 14, 2023, La Jolla filed a Third Amended Complaint adding additional infringement claims against the Fresenius Kabi Defendants.
+Added: On February 18, 2025, La Jolla, as well as The George Washington University (collectively, with the La Jolla entities, the “Plaintiffs”) entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Gland and the Fresenius Kabi Defendants (collectively, “Defendants”) resolving the Hatch-Waxman Act concerning Gland’s ANDA filing.
+Added: Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Plaintiffs granted Defendants a perpetual, royalty-free and fully paid-up, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable right and license solely to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and/or distribute the product that is subject to Gland’s ANDA in the United States commencing in the early 2030s, subject to certain exceptions as is customary in these type of agreements.
+Added: As required by law, the settlement is subject to review by the U.S.
+Added: Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.
+Added: Under the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (“GAIN”) provisions of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (“FDASIA”), the FDA may designate a product as a qualified infectious disease product (“QIDP”).
+Added: In order to receive this designation, a drug must qualify as an antibacterial or antifungal drug for human use intended to treat serious or life-threatening infections.
+Added: We obtained a QIDP designation for the IV formulation of XERAVA ® for cIAI in July 2013.
+Added: Upon approving an application for a QIDP, the FDA will extend by an additional 5 years any non-patent marketing exclusivity period awarded, such as a 5-year exclusivity period awarded for an NCE.
+Added: This extension is in addition to any pediatric exclusivity extension awarded.
+Added: XERAVA ® has been awarded this 5-year exclusivity under FDASIA.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing of RELVAR ® /BREO ® ELLIPTA ® (FF/VI) and ANORO ® ELLIPTA ® (UMEC/VI) is performed by GSK.
−Removed: We rely on third-party manufacturers to produce GIAPREZA ® , XERAVA ® , and XACDURO ® and expect to continue to do so in the foreseeable future to meet our development and commercial needs.
+Added: We rely on third-party manufacturers to produce GIAPREZA ® , XACDURO ® , XERAVA ® and NUZOLVENCE ® , and expect to continue to do so in the foreseeable future to meet our development and commercial needs.
In all of our manufacturing agreements, we require that contract manufacturers produce active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) and drug products in accordance with the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practices (“cGMPs”) and all other applicable laws and regulations.
−Removed: We maintain confidentiality agreements with potential and existing manufacturers in order to protect our proprietary rights related to GIAPREZA ® , XERAVA ® and XACDURO ® .
−Removed: The long-term commercial success of GIAPREZA ® , XERAVA ® and XACDURO ® will depend in part on the ability of our contract manufacturers to supply cGMP-compliant API and drug product without interruption.
+Added: We maintain confidentiality agreements with potential and existing manufacturers in order to protect our proprietary rights related to GIAPREZA ® , XACDURO ® , XERAVA ® and NUZOLVENCE ® .
+Added: The long-term commercial success of GIAPREZA ® , XACDURO ® , XERAVA ® and NUZOLVENCE ® will depend in part on the ability of our contract manufacturers to supply cGMP-compliant API and drug product without interruption.
We exclusively license ZEVTERA ® (pre-packaging and labeling) from Basilea for the U.S.
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For example, in the U.S.
−Removed: and most major foreign markets, drugs like GIAPREZA ® , XERAVA ® and XACDURO ® that are administered in the hospital must be purchased by the hospital and generally are not reimbursed by third-party payors.
+Added: and most major foreign markets, drugs like GIAPREZA ® , XERAVA ® , XACDURO ® and ZEVTERA ® that are administered in the hospital must be purchased by the hospital and generally are not reimbursed by third-party payors.
Hospitals instead are reimbursed for patient cases based on patients’ diagnosed conditions under the U.S.
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Healthcare and Other Reform
−Removed: In the United States, there have been and continue to be a number of significant legislative initiatives to contain healthcare costs.
−Removed: Federal and state governments continue to propose and pass legislation designed to reform delivery of, or payment for, healthcare, which include initiatives to reduce the cost of healthcare.
−Removed: For example, in March 2010, the United States Congress enacted the ACA, which expanded health care coverage through Medicaid expansion and the implementation of the individual mandate for health insurance coverage and which included changes to the coverage and reimbursement of drug products under government healthcare programs.
−Removed: Under the first Trump administration, there were ongoing efforts to modify or repeal all or certain provisions of the ACA.
−Removed: For example, tax reform legislation was enacted at the end of 2017 that eliminated the tax penalty established under the ACA for individuals who do not maintain mandated health insurance coverage beginning in 2019.
−Removed: The ACA has also been subject to judicial challenge.
−Removed: In December 2018, a federal district court, in a challenge brought by a number of state attorneys general, found the ACA unconstitutional in its entirety because, once Congress repealed the individual mandate provision, there was no longer a basis to rely on Congressional taxing authority to support enactment of the law.
−Removed: In December 2019, the federal appellate court upheld the district court ruling that the individual mandate was unconstitutional and remanded the case back to the district court to determine whether the remaining provisions of the ACA are invalid as well.
−Removed: The case was appealed to the U.S.
−Removed: Supreme Court, which did not make a decision on the issue of severability as it determined the state attorney generals did not have standing.
−Removed: There were other reform initiatives under the first Trump Administration, including initiatives focused on drug pricing.
−Removed: For example, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 contained various provisions that affect coverage and reimbursement of drugs, including an increase in the discount that manufacturers of Medicare Part D brand name drugs must provide to Medicare Part D beneficiaries during the coverage gap from 50% to 70% starting in 2019.
−Removed: As another example, in 2018, President Trump and the Secretary of the HHS, released a “blueprint” to lower prescription drug prices and out-of-pocket costs.
−Removed: Certain proposals in the blueprint, and related drug pricing measures proposed since the blueprint, could cause significant operational and reimbursement changes for the pharmaceutical industry.
−Removed: HHS has solicited feedback on some of these measures and, at the same, has implemented others under its existing authority.
−Removed: On November 20, 2020, CMS issued an interim final rule through the CMS Innovation Center whereby Medicare Part B reimbursement for “certain high-cost prescriptions drugs” would be no more than most-favored-nation price (i.e., the lowest price) after adjustments, for a pharmaceutical product that the drug manufacturer sells in a member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that has a comparable per-capita gross domestic product.
−Removed: On December 28, 2020, the United States District Court in Northern California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against implementation of the interim final rule.
−Removed: While some of these and other measures may require additional authorization to become effective, it is not yet clear what steps the Trump Administration will take or whether such steps will be successful.
−Removed: There have also been state legislative efforts to address drug costs, which generally have focused on increasing transparency around drug costs or limiting drug prices and address price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
−Removed: In 2019, the DISARM Act of 2019 was introduced in Congress as new legislation to provide financial incentives for pharmaceutical companies to develop new antibiotics.
−Removed: This new legislation was guided by input from the IDSA and will help to ensure that patients can access new antibiotics when they are clinically appropriate, require hospitals to establish antibiotic stewardship programs, and spur improved reporting of antibiotic use and resistance to more rapidly identify challenges and inform best practices.
−Removed: More recently, this legislation was reintroduced in the U.S.
−Removed: House of Representatives in June 2021 which aims to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage the development and use of DISARM antimicrobial drugs, and for other purposes.
−Removed: General legislative cost control measures may also affect reimbursement for our product candidates.
−Removed: The Budget Control Act, as amended, resulted in the imposition of 2% reductions in Medicare, but not Medicaid, payments to providers in 2013 and will remain in effect through 2029 unless additional Congressional action is taken.
−Removed: There was a temporary suspension of the 2% reduction during the pandemic;
−Removed: that temporary suspension is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2021.
−Removed: Any significant spending reductions affecting Medicare, Medicaid or other publicly funded or subsidized health programs that may be implemented and/or any significant taxes or fees that may be imposed on us could have an adverse impact on our results of operations.
−Removed: Legislation was introduced to the U.S.
−Removed: Senate in September 2020 which aims to reinvigorate innovation for the development of new antibiotics through a subscription contract program managed by HHS.
−Removed: The PASTEUR Act was introduced to provide a mechanism for funding designated ‘critical need antimicrobial’ drugs post FDA approval.
−Removed: In return, patients covered by federal insurance programs will receive these drugs at no cost.
−Removed: These Contracts under the PASTEUR Act could range from $750 million to $3 billion in value.
−Removed: It is unclear when or if the PASTEUR Act or similar incentive programs will become law.
−Removed: In October 2021, the PACCARB authored a letter to the Honorable Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services recommending the passage of both DISARM and PASTEUR and the antimicrobial stewardship provisions contained within each act.
−Removed: Adoption of new legislation at the federal or state level could affect demand for, or pricing of, our current or future products if approved for sale.
−Removed: We cannot, however, predict the ultimate content, timing or effect of any changes to the ACA or other federal and state reform efforts.
−Removed: There is no assurance that federal or state health care reform will not adversely affect our future business and financial results.
+Added: In the United States, there have been and continue to be significant legislative and regulatory initiatives at the federal and state levels to contain healthcare costs and reform the delivery of and payment for healthcare products and services.
+Added: These initiatives include measures intended to reduce prescription drug spending and modify coverage and reimbursement under government healthcare programs.
+Added: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively, the “ACA”), expanded healthcare coverage and implemented changes affecting pharmaceutical manufacturers, including increased Medicaid rebate obligations, expanded eligibility for the 340B drug pricing program, and discounts under Medicare Part D.
+Added: Although the ACA has been subject to legislative modifications and judicial challenge, it remains in effect.
+Added: Future legislative or regulatory efforts could further amend or revise its provisions, which may affect coverage, reimbursement, and net pricing for our products.
+Added: More recently, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) introduced significant reforms to Medicare drug pricing.
+Added: Among other provisions, the IRA authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) to negotiate maximum fair prices for certain high-expenditure drugs covered under Medicare Part B and Part D, imposes inflation-based rebates on certain drugs whose prices increase faster than statutory benchmarks, and redesigns the Medicare Part D benefit structure, including shifting greater financial responsibility to manufacturers.
+Added: CMS has begun implementing these provisions, and additional guidance and rulemaking are ongoing.
+Added: These measures, and their potential expansion in the future, may reduce reimbursement rates, increase our rebate obligations, or otherwise negatively affect net revenues.
+Added: Federal legislative proposals have also sought to address drug affordability through reference pricing models, enhanced pricing transparency requirements, rebate reforms, and importation initiatives.
+Added: In addition, general federal cost-control measures, including sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended, have resulted in reductions to Medicare payments to providers and may continue to impact overall healthcare spending.
+Added: State governments have likewise enacted and proposed legislation intended to control drug costs, including measures focused on price transparency, reporting requirements, limits on price increases, bulk purchasing initiatives, importation programs, and other reimbursement or patient access constraints.
+Added: These state-level initiatives may increase compliance burdens and affect pricing flexibility.
+Added: With respect to anti-infective and antimicrobial products, legislative proposals have sought to create economic incentives to stimulate development and stewardship.
+Added: For example, the DISARM Act and the PASTEUR Act have been introduced in Congress to encourage the development and appropriate use of novel antimicrobial drugs through reimbursement reforms and subscription-based funding mechanisms.
+Added: It remains uncertain whether such legislation will be enacted or, if enacted, how it would be implemented.
+Added: The cumulative impact of federal and state healthcare reform measures, including the IRA and potential future reforms, may reduce coverage, reimbursement levels, or pricing flexibility for our current or future products.
+Added: We cannot predict the ultimate content, timing, or effect of ongoing or future healthcare reform efforts.
+Added: Any significant changes to government healthcare programs, reimbursement methodologies, or statutory rebate and discount obligations could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Other Laws and Regulations
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As of February 13, 2026, we owned 4 issued U.S.
+Added: patents, 118 issued foreign patents, 2 pending foreign patent applications, 1 pending U.S.
+Added: patent application, and 1 pending patent cooperation treaty (“PCT”) application relating to XACDURO ® .
+Added: The issued U.S.
+Added: patents have an expiration date of April 2, 2033 and November 17, 2035, absent any disclaimers, extensions, or adjustments of patent term.
+Added: The foreign patents, and patents that may issue from the pending foreign applications, will likewise have an expiration date of April 2, 2033 and November 17, 2035, absent any disclaimers, extensions, or adjustments of patent term.
+Added: An issued patent arising from the pending priority PCT application will have an expiration date of May 16, 2045, absent any disclaimers, extensions, or adjustments of patent term.
+Added: As of February 13, 2026, we owned 2 issued U.S.
patents, 1 pending U.S.
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patent application, 10 granted foreign patents and 5 pending foreign patent applications that relate to crystalline forms of eravacycline.
+Added: The issued U.S.
+Added: patents and any U.S.
patent that may issue from the pending patent application will expire in 2037 absent any disclaimers, extensions, or adjustments of patent term.
−Removed: Likewise, any foreign patents that may issue from the pending foreign patent applications will expire in 2037.
+Added: Likewise, the foreign patents and any foreign patents that may issue from the pending foreign patent applications will expire in 2037.
We also owned 4 issued U.S.
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patent application, 23 issued foreign patents and 2 pending foreign patent applications relating to other tetracycline-related intellectual property.
−Removed: As of February 14, 2025, we owned 4 issued U.S.
−Removed: patents, 118 issued foreign patents, 2 pending foreign patent applications, and 1 pending priority patent cooperation treaty (“PCT”) application relating to XACDURO ® .
−Removed: The issued U.S.
−Removed: patents have an expiration date of April 2, 2033 and November 17, 2035, absent any disclaimers, extensions, or adjustments of patent term.
−Removed: The foreign patents, and patents that may issue from the pending foreign applications, will likewise have an expiration date of April 2, 2033 and November 17, 2035, absent any disclaimers, extensions, or adjustments of patent term.
−Removed: An issued patent arising from the pending priority PCT application will have an expiration date of May 16, 2045, absent any disclaimers, extensions, or adjustments of patent term.
−Removed: United States
−Removed: Our intellectual property portfolio for zoliflodacin contains patent applications directed to compositions of matter for zoliflodacin and other chemical analogs, as well as synthetic methods and methods of use and modes of treatment.
As of February 13, 2026, we owned seven issued U.S.
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Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Know-How
−Removed: Our trademark portfolio currently consists of various registered trademark and service mark rights in several jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union, Japan, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, Norway, the Russian Federation, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and pending applications in other jurisdictions.
+Added: Our trademark portfolio currently consists of various registered trademark and service mark rights for various marks in several jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union, Japan, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, India, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, and pending applications in other jurisdictions.
In connection with the ongoing development and advancement of our products and services in the United States and various international jurisdictions, we routinely seek to create protection for our marks and enhance their value by pursuing trademarks and service marks where available and when appropriate.
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On December 11, 2020, we entered into a Strategic Advisory Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with Sarissa Capital Management LP (“Sarissa Capital”), pursuant to which Sarissa Capital provides a variety of strategic services to us in order to assist us in the development and execution of our acquisition strategy intended to diversify our assets and the potential sources of revenue.
−Removed: Sarissa Capital is considered to be a related party due to its investment in Innoviva and its representation on our board of directors.
+Added: Sarissa Capital was considered to be a related party up until the annual stockholders meeting in May 2025 after which there were no representatives of Sarissa Capital serving on our Board of Directors.
Partnership Agreement
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The Partnership was formed for the purposes of investing in equity securities in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
−Removed: In May 2021, Strategic Partners received a distribution of $110.0 million from the Partnership to provide funding to us for a strategic repurchase of shares held by GSK.
−Removed: Pursuant to the letter agreement entered into between Strategic Partners, the Partnership, and Sarissa Capital Fund GP LP on May 20, 2021, Strategic Partners agreed to make additional capital contributions to the Partnership in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of the May 2021 distribution prior to March 31, 2022.
−Removed: A $110.0 million contribution was made during the first quarter of 2022.
−Removed: In October 2024, we made an election to unwind the capital accounts in the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement and we expect to receive distributions of our capital accounts through April 2026.
+Added: In October 2024, we made an election to unwind the capital accounts in the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement.
+Added: We received cash distributions of $121.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 and expect to receive distributions of our capital accounts through April 2026.
Human Capital
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Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.