Seres Therapeutics Stockholders Approve Sale of VOWST™ to Nestlé Health Science; Sale Expected to Close on September 30
September 26 2024 - 4:01PM
Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRB), (“Seres” or the
“Company”), a leading live biotherapeutics company, today announced
that its stockholders voted to approve the previously announced
proposed sale of the Company’s VOWST business to Société des
Produits Nestlé S.A. Seres will file a Current Report on Form 8-K
with the SEC which details the voting results. The transaction is
expected to close on September 30, 2024, subject to the
satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
About Seres TherapeuticsSeres
Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRB) is a clinical-stage company
focused on improving patient outcomes in medically vulnerable
populations through novel live biotherapeutics. Seres led the
successful development and approval of VOWST™, the first
FDA-approved orally administered microbiome therapeutic, which will
be sold to Nestlé Health Science in a transaction expected to be
close in September 2024. The Company is developing SER-155, which
has demonstrated a significant reduction in bloodstream
infections and related complications (as compared to placebo)
in a clinical study in patients undergoing allogeneic Hematopoietic
Stem Cell Transplantation (allo-HSCT). The Company is also
advancing additional cultivated oral live biotherapeutics for
medically vulnerable populations, including those with chronic
liver disease, cancer neutropenia, and solid organ transplants. For
more information, please visit www.serestherapeutics.com.
Background on Nestlé Health Science Collaboration and
VOWSTIn July 2021, Seres entered a license agreement with
Nestlé Health Science that granted a co-exclusive license to
develop and commercialize VOWST. In April 2023, VOWST obtained FDA
approval to prevent the recurrence of Clostridioides difficile
infection (CDI) in adults following antibacterial treatment for
recurrent CDI (rCDI), followed by commercial launch in June 2023
led by Nestlé Health Science. Under the pending agreement, Nestlé
Health Science will obtain full ownership of the VOWST business.
Seres will support the full transition of VOWST to Nestlé and the
continuity of the supply chain through a customary transition
service agreement.
Forward-Looking Statements This
press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
All statements contained in this press release that do not relate
to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking
statements, including statements about the financial terms, timing
and completion of the sale of the VOWST business to SPN; and other
statements which are not historical fact.
These forward-looking statements are based on
management’s current expectations. These statements are neither
promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not
limited to, the following: (1) we have incurred significant losses,
are not currently profitable and may never become profitable; (2)
our need for additional funding; (3) our history of operating
losses; (4) the restrictions in our debt agreement; (5) our novel
approach to therapeutic intervention; (6) our reliance on third
parties to conduct our clinical trials and manufacture our product
candidates; (7) the competition we will face; (8) our ability to
protect our intellectual property; (9) our ability to retain key
personnel and to manage our growth; (10) the occurrence of any
event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the
termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement governing the
Transaction; (10) our failure to satisfy any of the conditions to
the completion of the Transaction; (11) the effect of the
announcement of the Transaction on our ability to retain and hire
key personnel and maintain relationships with our customers,
suppliers, advertisers, partners and others with whom we do
business, or on our operating results and businesses generally;
(12) the risks associated with the disruption of management’s
attention from ongoing business operations due to the Transaction
and the obligation to provide transition services; (13) our failure
to receive the installment payments or the milestone payments in
the future; (14) the significant costs, fees and expenses related
to the Transaction; (15) the uncertainty of impact of the 50/50
profit and loss sharing arrangement on our reported results and
liquidity; (16) the risk that the Transaction will not be completed
within the expected time period or at all and (17) we may not be
able to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transaction. These
and other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk
Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC,
on August 13, 2024, and our other reports filed with the SEC
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press
release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s
estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect
to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the
future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent
events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements
should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date
subsequent to the date of this press release.
Investor and Media
Contacts:IR@serestherapeutics.com
Carlo Tanzi, Ph.D.Kendall Investor
Relationsctanzi@kendallir.com
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