Partnering

Knight’s leadership team has an unsurpassed depth and breadth of expertise in negotiating win-win transactions to bring innovative pharmaceuticals to life. The Knight management team led by CEO Samira Sakhia has successfully worked with dozens of partners to maximize the value of their assets. Pragmatism and a strong desire to always do what is right for the business govern all our relationships.

Knight is widely considered the partner of choice for Canada. Knight’s senior leadership has a proven track record of success and has successfully collaborated with over 30 companies to structure deals designed to meet partner needs:

 

Commercial
• Commercialized over 60 products in Canada
• Grew Canadian revenue to ~$150M and international revenue to ~$120M
• Built sales and marketing teams/expertise across multiple therapeutic areas

 

Regulatory
• Significant experience in all aspects of the regulatory process
• Over 30 submissions to Health Canada with a 90% success rate

 

Pricing and Reimbursement
• Extensive experience and success with PMPRB, provincial formularies and private payors
• PMPRB acceptance of all major brands’ launch prices
• Track record in obtaining significant price increases in public markets
• Successfully negotiated favourable listings

 

We are actively seeking innovative product candidates in all therapeutic areas that will deliver novel solutions to healthcare professionals and patients across Canada.

While we are primarily interested in acquiring the rights to late-stage products, we also will license and acquire differentiated earlier-stage assets that address unmet medical needs.

 

Rest of World (excluding U.S., Europe, Japan)

 

Knight is actively looking for potential products and companies that fit within its existing business model, but that are in select areas such as Latin America, Israel, Australia, the Middle-East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean. Knight is interested in acquiring an equity position in companies that are in these high growth countries which are non-core geographies. To discuss partnership opportunities, contact us at info@gudknight.com.

 

On October 21, 2019, Knight announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the
controlling interest in Grupo Biotoscana S.A. (GBT), a pan‐Latin American specialty pharmaceutical company. GBT is a biopharmaceutical group that operates in the fast‐growing Latin American region and focuses on rapidly growing market segments such as oncology and onco‐hematology, infectious diseases and other specialty therapeutic areas. GBT is currently present throughout 10 Latin American countries where it operates through four companies, namely, Biotoscana, United Medical, LKM and DOSA. On November 29, 2019, Knight completed the acquisition of 51.2% of GBT. On December 20, 2019, Knight announced that it had submitted to B3 S.A. the authorization request to carry out the Unified Tender Offer to acquire the balance of GBT.

 

Out-Licensing

 

Knight is currently looking for international partners interested in-licensing the rights to the following products:

 

Neuragen®: Clinically proven to reduce peripheral neuropathic pain quickly and without many of the side effects common with prescription medications

 

Impavido: For patients with Visceral, Mucosal and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

 

Knight is interested in financing life sciences companies with the goal of earning interest income, strengthening relationships in the life sciences industry and securing product distribution rights for Canada and Latin America.

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