On November 15, 2021 Zenith Capital Corp. ("Zenith" or the "Company") reported that Zenith Epigenetics Ltd. ("Zenith Epigenetics"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zenith Capital, has entered into a licensing agreement with Newsoara Biopharma Co., Ltd. ("Newsoara") for Zenith Epigenetics’ lead compound, ZEN-3694, in Asia excluding Middle East and North Africa ("MENA"), India, and ten Eurasian countries (the "Territories") (Press release, Zenith Epigenetics, NOV 15, 2021, View Source [SID1234595610]). Under the terms of the agreement, Newsoara will have the rights to develop, market, and distribute ZEN-3694 for all indications in the Territories. Zenith will receive an upfront payment of US$3.5 million, sales-based milestones and single digit royalties.
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Concurrent with the execution of the license agreement, Newsoara has entered into a subscription agreement to subscribe for 1.5 million units at a price of US$1.00 per unit, and Newsoara also agreed to subscribe for an additional 10 million units of Zenith by way of completing ZEN-3694 development programs with a budget of $10 million over the next 15 months. Each unit ("Unit") shall be comprised of one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant shall be exercisable into one common share at US$1.00 for a period of two years from the date of the subscription agreement.
"We are very pleased to further expand our partnership with Newsoara to introduce the therapeutic potential of ZEN-3694 to additional Asian markets," stated Donald McCaffrey, President and CEO of Zenith. "ZEN-3694 is a leading and differentiated BET inhibitor now having shown clinical proof of concept in two solid tumor indications with significant unmet need, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and metastatic triple negative breast cancer. This additional financing will support advancing these programs towards registration enabling studies for these indications in collaboration with our partner Newsoara."